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External Hard Drive Not Showing Up? Fix It Step by Step (2026)

Your external hard drive doesn't appear when you plug it in. Before assuming the worst, work through these checks — cable and port, power, drive letter, Disk Management on Windows and Disk Utility on Mac — and know when it's a hardware failure that needs recovery.

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