Getting a drive detected in THIS PC

In my x32Win10ProV22H2, I have SSDs that are connected via SATA ports, but whose power can be switched on (and off) as required. The BIOS has been set to ACHI, so all connected drives should be 'hot swapable'. Yet from time to time, newly connected (i.e. newly powered) drives, do not get detected unless I reboot the PC. I'm looking for a tweak that will force detection without rebooting. I put this question to another forum and one of the responses, provided a batch file to trigger 'rescanning'. The concept is EXACTLY what I am after, but alas the code does not achieve the desired result - it does launch the Command Prompt (probably at elevated level), and Diskpart is employed, I think. I'm wondering if the batch file can be improved or some other work-around created, to avoid the need to reboot so as to get a drive detected.

Not my field but I think you need to publish the code of this batch file to get any effective assistance.

Chris Cosgrove

Chris Cosgrove - I will do as you suggest; I was not really expecting an improvement in the code, but instead to intimate the kind of solution I'm hoping for.  

@echo off
DISKPART /s C:\script.txt

where script.txt says

rescan

Bleepibn madman - 'Some drives...' This malfunction only occurs sometimes, so the capability is there most of the time.

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Have you tried "pnputil /scan-devices"?

Garlin - I have not tried "pnputil /scan-devices" because I did not see your post till today (23/9/23), and I do not know about that option. It looks to me like something one could run from an elevated DOS prompt. I will try that next time a drive that should be detected, is not. Thank you.

The malfunction occurred tonight, so I ran what you advised in an elevated Command Prompt. Nothing  changed in 'This PC' or in Disk Management.

The Image tool in this thread asks for a URL, so  I can not show you a screenshot of the Command Prompt Page.

As stated in my first post, a reboot (which I want to avoid) fixed it.

Edited by Bastie, 26 September 2023 - 07:47 AM.

The Image tool in this thread asks for a URL, so  I can not show you a screenshot of the Command Prompt Page.

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Edited by Nukecad, 27 September 2023 - 07:06 AM.

Bleepin Madman - "Take a picture with your phone" I KNOW this come natural to millennials and their ilk, but NOT to me.

Garlin - please find the screenshot you ordered... which I have been able to attach, courtesy of Nukecad

It rather looks like the most promising technique is to depower the drive and power it again -  that fixes it SOMETIMES if not always.