- #1: Resolve Pen Drive Detected But Not Showing Data With CMD. If your pen drive data files and folders are hidden and you can only view the pen drive detected. So, here you have two options to resolve the problem to USB Flash drive detected but not showing data. First of all, connect your pen drive to your local machine.
- Follow these steps on a Mac: Shutdown the machine. Disconnect the power cord. Press down the power button and hold it for 5 seconds. Reconnect the power cord and turn the Mac on.
- Also, have you confirmed that your 2009 (10 year old) mac is capable of booting macOS 10.13? After 6 years, Apple stops supporting updates on most older hardware, so you may be unable to boot the High Sierra USB due to that OS not supporting your 2009 Mac.
I am using 2TB External Hard Drive since last 3 and a half years to store both my personal memories and business critical data. Till yesterday, I have not faced any issue, but today, I cannot access it. Whenever I connect it to my desktop, I get nothing in return apart from a blinking LED light and weak continuous beeps.
I even checked Disk Management, but it is not even detectable over there. The situation is scaring me as the drive includes almost 89.54 GB data and each of bit of this information is crucial for me. Any solution to Fix External Drive Blinking but Not Detectable Issue? I am in a state to handle the data loss. Please help me in external drive recovery. -- Tom Webron
If your problem is similar to Tom and you are also looking forward to a solution, then this blog is for you. It entails you about various effective methods to fix the issue and get all lost data.
How to Fix External Drive Blinking but Not Detectable Issue?
It is the first port of call. The reason being, there are equal chances of USB Port damage. Thus, plug in your hard drive into another Port to identify the exact cause and confirm whether a problem exists with the drive or not.
- Click Start
- Type devmgmt.msc
- Press Enter
- Click Device Manager
- Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers
- Now, right-click on USB Root Hub, choose Properties followed by Power Management
- Disable Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power
- Follow the process for all USB Root Hub
- Reboot PC
There are equal chances of virus infection. To resolve it the best solution is to use virus cleaning software. It has a potential to remove the virus from the drive as well as PC and make your drive accessible.
Pendrive Not Detected In Tv
- Go to Start
- Type: devmgmt.msc
- Hit Enter
- Under Device Manager, choose View followed by Showhidden devices
- Click on + sign to expand all notes
- Right-click on greyed entries and choose uninstall
- Lastly, reboot the PC and try again
- Go to Start
- Key in devmgmt.msc and press Enter
- Expand Universal Serial Universal Serial Bus controllers
- Right-click on each USB device and click Uninstall
- Verify whether there is an unrecognized device or not.
- If there is any, click on Drivers tab and uninstall the drivers
- Again, check My Computer/My PC for external drive
- If does not show, restart your PC. ( in case if it shows initially but disappear later, then repeat the above step and click on Disk Management -> Change Drive Letter -> Reconnect it)
- Go to Start
- Type: regedt32 and Hit OK
- Backup Registry
- Click Export
- In left side, click OK,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlClass{4D36E967-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
- Delete upper filter or lower filter
- Retry External Drive
Wondering what’s next? How can you recover data?
Don’t panic, third-party recovery tools like Stellar Data Recovery- Standard for Windows is available to help you. You just have to download, install, register, launch and follow its recovery wizard steps:
- Select Type of Data and Location
- Scan the Drive and Preview the found files
- Recover the scanned files and Save them at desired location
Why is it a sure-shot solution?
- Firstly, it is a software-directed approach so, there is no possibility of data loss or compromise unlike manual process
- Secondly, you don’t need any technical expertise to solve the issue
- Thirdly, it is secure, reliable and efficient
- Fourthly, you might end up fixing one issue but failed to fix another.
Additional information
- Reasons for Drive Turning Undetectable
- Virus attack
- Partition Issue
- Dead USB Ports
- Driver Issue
- Wrong File System
If you are among those who have tried any of these approaches to fix the undetectable external drive, then please let us know which worked for you. Also, if there is any other fix way that worked for you, please share through comment.
Mac Won't Recognize USB, What Should You Do?
Workable Solutions | Step-by-step Troubleshooting |
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Fix 1~4. Some basic check and change settings | 1. Change the connection way 2. Change settings for desktop 3. Change settings for Finder 4. Check system information..Full steps |
Fix 5~8. Repair corrupted USB drive | 1. Reset USB ports 2. Repair in Disk Utility 3. Repair with the terminal 4. Reformat USB drive..Full steps |
Fix 9~10. macOS troubleshooting and manual repair | 1. update macOS and firmware 2. Manual repair service..Full steps |
10 Fixes for USB Not Showing Up on Mac
- Important
- As losing the access to data is the most direct impact of Mac not detecting a USB drive, you might need to perform USB data recovery on Mac.
Fix 1. Change the USB-to-Mac connection way
Fix 2. Change settings for Mac detecting an external hard disk on the desktop
Fix 3. Change settings for Mac recognize an external hard disk in the Finder
Fix 4. Check the USB drive in System Information
Fix 5. Reset USB ports on Mac to detect a USB drive
Fix 6. Repair USB flash drive with First Aid if it doesn't show up
- Step 2. Select USB flash drive on the left panel of Disk Utility, and click 'First Aid' at the top toolbar and click 'Run'. Disk Utility will repair any errors on the drive automatically.