This window does not appear for me, there doesn't seem to be any option to find the Initialize the Drive function, and the drive is not listed among the drives for the PC (C: and CD ROM). When opening Disk Management for the first time with the hard drive plugged into the PC there is supposed to be a window that pops up over DM that has you Initialize the Drive. In this case, you only need to assign a drive letter to the hard disk to solve this problem. Assign drive letter for your Seagate hard drive Sometimes, the hard drive not showing up in File Explorer because it is not assigned a drive letter.
The problem that I am running into is that the drive is also not appearing in Disk Management. If the hard drive cannot be detected, you can try the solutions below: Solution 1. Searching for this issue online seems to lead to everyone formatting the drive via Disk Management (Win 10). Each USB port has been tried, and I've also tried it on a second Xbox with no success. That means it has lost its header identity and needs to be re-initialized and formatted.
It still powers on when plugged into the USB port. Right-click on Computer, choose Manage Click on Disk Management You may find the drive shown there but in a state which Windows does not recognize. Recently my Seagate 4TB Expansion just quit being recognized by my Xbox One X after about a year of use. The views of the moderation team do not reflect the view of Microsoft or its subsidiaries. Note: We are not affiliated with Microsoft or its subsidiaries in any official capacity. Showoff Sunday - all pictures of achievements, gamerscore, controllers, custom art/mods, battle stations, and so forth are only allowed as posts on Sundays. posts must be within the weekly megathread. and posts must be properly tagged or they will be removed.
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