If you receive The volume does not contain a recognized file system, Please make sure that all required file system drivers are loaded and that the volume is not corrupted, see this fix.

If the hard drive is missing in File Explorer, you can quickly troubleshoot and fix this problem with Disk Management, Device Manager, DiskPart, and other tools, and here’s how on Windows 10.

How to fix missing storage on File Explorer via Device Manager It doesn't happen often, but the hard drive could be disabled, which can be quickly resolved using Device Manager.

Do you want to format it? X: is not accessible. The volume does not contain a recognized file system. Fix RAW hard drive to NTFS on Windows computer ...

If not, try the method below. Run driver verifier If the file system check tools didn't work, you can try running Windows' built-in driver verification tool to see if it's a system driver issue.