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Big issue with Windows 11 destroying all USB external Hard disk and internal hard drives
Hello,
A few questions:
- Can you provide technical details and screenshots to fully understand what is happening?
- Are you able to take those storage devices to a different computer and use then? Or does it need formatting? And if you do format them, will they work on the original computer?
Thank you.
I have put this issue on X and no one has responded to my issue from Microsoft since August 28th 2025
Hi for the last few days after a windows update my computer Windows 11 is not seeing my extenal hard drives.
I have so far changed the usb cables and used different ports front and back.
Tried a number of other hard drives that i have.
Windows does not see any of them.Windows device manager does not see them.
I have checked device manager and the computer only recognises my internal hard drive. Is this a problem with the update or a faulty device driver.
I have know idea which update caused this issue.
I cannot check the drives on another machine as I only posses one computer.
I have purchased a seagate expansion sw drive. which works in any usb port
Windows 11
version 24h2
os build 26.100.6725
Peter Collins