- First, try to make your Seagate Hard Drive detectable.
- Check if the Seagate Hard Drive is visible in the Windows system’s Disk Management section.
- Link your Seagate External Hard Drive to the Windows system.
- Open the Disk Management wizard.
- Your Seagate Hard Drive will be listed in the Removable Disk section.
- If not, try connecting your Seagate Hard Drive to a different USB port on the Windows system.
- If not, perform the troubleshooting instructions given below to make your Seagate Hard Drive detectable.
- Open the Device Manager window on your Windows system.
- Locate and right-click on your Seagate Hard Drive.
- Select the Properties option.
- If the Seagate Hard Drive is damaged, then you can find a yellow exclamation mark beside it.
- Note down the error message and search for its troubleshooting instructions.
- After fixing the issue, your Seagate Hard Drive will be displayed in the Removable Devices section.
- If not, try System Restore, Uninstall and Re-installing the drive or Updating the driver to make your drive detectable.
- Once your Seagate Hard Drive is detected by the system, start performing the data recovery process by using any one of a trusted data recovery software.
- On your Windows system, install any one of the trusted third-party data recovery software.