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Why doesn't the Amazon EBS volume that's attached to my Amazon EC2 Windows instance appear in my OS or in Disk Management?
I can’t find the Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) volume of my Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) Windows instance in my operating system (OS) or in Disk Management.
Short description
By default, Windows keeps new disks offline as a safety measure. As a result, new EBS volumes might appear offline. Your volume might also not appear if it uses an outdated driver. The Windows OS can't detect volumes with outdated drivers.
Resolution
To make your volume appear in your OS or Disk Management, complete the following steps:
- Use the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) to connect to your EC2 instance.
- Choose the Start menu.
- Enter Computer Management, and then choose Computer Management.
- Choose Disk Management.
- Choose Action, and then select Rescan Disks. Verify that the attached volume appears.
- If the volume doesn't appear in Disk Management, then the instance might use an outdated storage driver. To resolve this issue, upgrade your instance driver, and then complete steps 1-5.
Related information
How do I attach an EBS volume to an Amazon EC2 Windows instance?
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