Mac users should download the Mac version to restore lost files. First, open Disk Management and check the state of your external hard drive. Then, refer to appropriate solutions given below. If your hard drive is not detected in Device Manager or Disk Management, you need to uninstall and update the Seagate drive driver and try again. Here are the detailed steps to do so:. Step 2. Type device manager in the search box and click "Device Manager" on the menu.
Step 3. Expand disk drivers and right-click on your external hard drive, select "Update Driver". Step 4. Select "Search automatically for updated driver software" and restart the PC when the process completes. In Device Manager or Disk Management on your computer, if your external hard drive shows as RAW or Unallocated, it means you need to format your hard drive. Step 1. Click "OK" to start the formatting. When your external hard drive shows as unallocated in Disk Management, you have two options: 1.
Restore the partition, 2. Create a new partition. Your first choice is to directly apply the partition recovery software. It will scan and recover all lost partitions and data from the unallocated space. Preview the content of the lost partition.
Click "OK" and click "Proceed" to start restoring the lost partition. Note: If the program warns you that there is a conflict, back up the listed partition with essential data to an external hard drive first.
Then execute the final operation to restore your lost partition. Note: This method can lead to data loss, remember to recover data first if you want to use this method. Right-click on the unallocated partition and choose "New Simple Volume Set partition size, drive letter, and file system such as NTFS, etc. If your external hard drive shares the same drive letter as your disk partition, Windows won't show the drive letter of your external device. It will show as New Volume in Disk Management without a drive letter.
And, this is probably the reason your external hard drive not detected. To fix this issue, you'll need to add a new drive letter to your Seagate disk. Here are the steps to do so:. Sometimes, USB external hard drive devices may stop functioning correctly if multiple devices are connected to the same USB hub, which goes into selective suspension. You can enable the USB root hub letting the controllers recover the USB port from its unresponsive condition to make your device work normally again:.
Uncheck "Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power" and restart the PC. If all the attempts failed to display your Seagate external hard drive on Mac, try the below 3 methods. View registered products, register new products, and find product specific support. Your data is the heart of your organisation. It needs to be kept safe — all the time — from the instant you save it to your drive. Some models may require TCG-compliant host or controller support.
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Your Seagate External Drive may come with software so there may be additional ways to use your drive not listed in this article. This article covers ways to use your drive without having to install any additional software.
Unless your drive says 'for Mac' on the front of the box then the drive will be formatted for Windows. In Windows-based computer, there is no need to do anything special or additional to make the drive work. For Mac, you will need to reformat the drive prior to using it because it will be read-only on a Mac, which means you will be unable to copy or move data to the drive.
See the Mac section for more details. This exercise can be repeated with one file, many files, one folder, or many folders. If the upper right-hand corner of the window that opens includes this symbol , click it. It will change to this symbol:. Now you can resize it. Move your mouse to a corner of the window.
Click and hold down the mouse button, on the corner of the window. Move the mouse, still holding down the button, and the window corner will move with your mouse. Resize it so that it only takes up a portion of your screen. It will be a drive letter, like E: or F: unless you have changed it. Open My Documents by double-clicking on it.
Resize the window in the same way, so that each window takes up only a portion of the screen. Now you will have two windows. One is the source, one is the destination.
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