Quick Answer: How to Detect New Hard Drive Windows 10?

Steps to add a hard drive to This PC in Windows 10:

• Step 1: Open Disk Management.
• Step 2: Right-click Unallocated (or Free space) and choose New Simple Volume in the context menu to continue.
• Step 3: Choose Next in the New Simple Volume Wizard window.

How do I get Windows 10 to recognize a new hard drive?

Here’s exactly what you need to do:

1. Right-click on This PC (it’s probably on your desktop, but you can access it from the File Manager, as well)
2. Click on Manage and Management window will show up.
3. Go to Disk Management.
4. Find your second hard disk drive, right-click on it and go to Change Drive Letter and Paths.

Why is my second hard drive not showing?

Format the hard drive to make it show up on the computer again. Step 1: Press Windows Key + R, type diskmgmt. msc into the Run dialog, and press Enter. Step 2: In Disk Management, right-click the hard disk partition you need to format and then choose Format.