Can't see your hard disk on the PC and BIOS can't find it? Learn how to fix and recover an unrecognized or not detectable hard disk in BIOS without losing any data if your hard drive cannot be recognized.
Complete ways to solve hard disk or SSD not detected in Windows 10/8/7 desktop computers and laptops without losing any data are covered on this page.
Help! PC Is Not Recognising Internal Hard Disk Drive in BIOS
“Salutations to all. My second hard disk on my PC is not showing up. I looked through some instructions to see if BIOS could identify it, but nothing came up.
The BIOS itself even vanished with the hard disk. How am I to proceed? What of the data kept on the drive? Know how to solve such a problem? Should you, do inform me. Regards.”
A damaged or incorrectly connected hard drive data connection will prevent the BIOS from detecting a hard disk. BIOS may also not be able to identify your hard disk if the serial ATA or SATA drivers are not loaded correctly, the hard disk is not enabled in BIOS, the hard drive is spinning up, or the hard drive is damaged, failing, or dead.
Similar issues with your data hard disk not appearing in BIOS or on your PC? Stress not! You may find both simple and complex solutions to fix your BIOS-unrecognized hard disk and a trustworthy method to recover all of your priceless data here in this post. Just use the instructions to have your issues resolved immediately.
Advance Data Recovery from Unbootable, Unidentified Hard Drive
Whenever we run across a disk issue—drive unrecognized, inaccessible, damaged, unbootable, etc.—our first priority should be to figure out how to recover data. Data loss can occur from various disk restoration techniques, hence it is advisable to restore data beforehand.
Not to worry if your hard drive is the system drive and it won't boot from BIOS. You can be helped by the BLR Data Recovery Wizard. Data from dead or damaged hard disks can be effectively recovered using it.
Step 1. Make a bootable CD.
Choose "Crashed PC Recovery" from the BLR Data Recovery Wizard, then click "Go to Recover".
To make a bootable USB, choose an empty one and hit "Create".
BLR Data Recovery Software will delete all data on the USB drive when you make a bootable disk. Save significant data in advance.
Step 2. Start your PC with the bootable USB.
Change the boot sequence of your computer in BIOS after connecting the bootable disk to the unbootable PC. Most consumers find that simultaneously clicking F2 and restarting their computer works well to access BIOS.
Set to start the PC from "Removable Devices" (a bootable USB disk) instead of the hard drive. Save and close by hitting "F10".
Step 3. Get data back from a PC that crashed.
To find all of your lost files, choose the drive to scan after booting from the BLR Data Recovery tool bootable disk. View the preview and save the required files somewhere safe.
Two Short Fixes for BIOS Not Detected Hard Disk
In this part, you will learn two simple and efficient solutions to help you get back access to your saved data and resolve the hard drive not detected or cannot be recognized as a problem in BIOS.
1# Reconnect Hard Drive with Computer
Reconnecting your hard drive can assist determine whether the malfunctioning hard disk cable is what's keeping the BIOS from seeing your hard drive.
Your hard disk might not appear on the PC even in the BIOS if you have a broken hard drive data cable or if the hard disk is not correctly connected into your computer. To check whether the saved data is accessible, you can immediately connect the hard drive to the motherboard USB port on your computer.
First, turn off your computer.
Using a screwdriver, open your computer casings and remove every screw.
Take off the ATA or SATA cable and its power cable from the hard disk that Windows BIOS cannot recognize.
Switch to a new power and ATA or SATA cable if any of them breaks. Clear the dust if it has coated the cables.
Take out the hard disk, wipe off any dust, then place it back into the computer case.
Reconnect the SATA or ATA cable from the hard drive to the motherboard of your computer, then plug in the drive's power cable.
Reconnect the hard disk to your PC properly and secure the connectors.
Restart your PC after that to see whether the hard disk appears.
Congratulations if your hard disk appears and you can access the contents on it. Try the next fast workaround to get access to your disk data if the hard drive doesn't appear.
2# Connect the Hard Drive That Isn't Detected to a Second Desktop or Laptop
Help you determine whether the hard disk is damaged in and of itself.
Connecting your hard drive as a second HDD to another PC or laptop is an alternative effective method to access it. Try the following hints to access your hard drive data on the new PC if you have a second computer at home or at work:
Turn the old computer off and take out the power and ATA/SATA cables from the computer casing.
Flip open the laptop or new computer case.
Find the hard drive slot and slide the hard drive inside.
Reconnect the hard disk with the power and ATA/SATA cables to the computer as the second HDD.
Check if the hard disk appears by restarting the laptop or PC.
Congratulations if the hard drive appears; you can now access the information on your disk once more.
The hard disk might have other problems, too, if it's still not recognised. Don't panic, either, if the hard disk appears but you can't access the data. To overcome this problem, you might go on and attempt the advanced fixes.
Four Complex Solutions for the BIOS Hard Drive Not Detected Error
Never fear if the suggested simple cures prove ineffective. Try these four troubleshooting pieces of advice: See Windows repair services. Page [2] Hard drive must be enabled in BIOS [3]. Current drivers [4] Look up disk errors.
Fix 1. Using Windows Repair Services
Using manual Windows repair services is a safe approach to solve the BIOS hard drive not detected problem. Any system startup issue, including system failure, system blue screen, system black screen, BISO issue, and so on, may be resolved with the assistance of BLR expert technical team.
Fix 2. Change BIOS Hard Drive Enable
Applications: Enable hard drive in BIOS to immediately fix HDD not detected in BIOS issue.
To enter BIOS, shut down, restart, and hit F2/F8/F11 or Delete.
Check the system manuals and enter Setup to determine if the undetected hard drive is disabled there.
If it's off, in System Setup turn it on.
To find your hard disk now, restart the PC.
Update the hard drive's drivers in Fix 2, if it doesn't appear on the PC.
Fix 3. Reinstall the Hard Drive Driver to Enable Disk Detection
Apply to: Resolve hard drive not detected because of out-of-date hard drive driver.
You have three choices here to upgrade the hard disk drivers for your computer storage controller:
Option 1. Get assistance from the manufacturer updating the hard driver.
Option 2. Get and install the hard disk driver from the official manufacturer website.
Option 3. Update Windows system hard drive drivers manually:
Hit Enter after typing Device Manager into the Start box.
Locate the name of your hard disk by expanding "Disk drives" and do a right-click.
Choose "Update Driver Software" then "Search automatically for updated driver software."
Search the website of the device maker for the most recent driver if Windows cannot locate one for your drive.
Should the aforementioned actions prove ineffective, try reinstalling the drivers: Select Uninstall with a right-click on your hard drive after opening Device Manager.
Following a restart of your computer, Windows will reinstall the drivers on the hard drive on its own.
Fix 4. Check and Correct Internal Disk Errors that Cause the Hard Drive Not to Be Recognised using CHKDSK CMD.
Relates to: Resolve internal problems causing HDD/SSD to be invisible on the laptop or not recognized by the PC.
Try to open the hard drive on your PC after the BIOS has identified it. If the internal hard drive problem that renders the hard drive unreadable or undetectable by your PC persists, you can execute CMD here to fix it:
While repairing disk problems, this command will remove data. Before executing the command, therefore, be sure that you have recovered data with trustworthy file recovery software.
Step 1. To open a Run window, press Win + R; then, type cmd and hit Enter to launch a Command Prompt.
Step 2. Enter chkdsk /f x: (Your invisible hard disk should have a drive letter of x.) click Enter to initiate the disk inspection.
Step 3. When the disk check up procedure is complete, type quit to end it.
Usability Safe and lightweight PC repair tool CleanGenius is easy to use. Perfect substitute for CHKDSK command. Apply this one-click solution to quickly repair the corrupted file system.
Download BLR Tools to your PC and finish the setup.
Start the program. Select "File Showing" after clicking on "Optimization".
Choose the drive having a broken file system. Click "Execute" after checking "Check and fix file system error".
Hold on till the tool fixes the problem. To check the drive, click the "here" button after then.
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