---
id: data-transfers.check-drive-and-abandon-pending
url: https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/check-drive-and-abandon-pending
category: "Data Transfers"
subcategory: "External drive and disk space"
question: "What do the Check drive and Abandon pending buttons do?"
alt_questions:
  - "Abandon pending button"
  - "Check drive button data transfers"
  - "cancel all transfers waiting for drive"
  - "force transfer to see the drive"
  - "re-test external drive for transfers"
short_answer: "Check drive re-tests now whether your external drive is reachable for a waiting transfer. Abandon pending cancels every transfer waiting for the drive — no files are deleted."
tags: ["waiting for drive", "buttons", "external drive"]
related: ["https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/what-does-waiting-for-drive-mean"]
applies_to: "all"
last_reviewed: 2026-10-01
---

# What do the Check drive and Abandon pending buttons do?

Both are for transfers that are **Waiting for drive**.

- **Check drive** (on a selected transfer) re-tests right away whether your external drive is reachable. Normally this happens by itself when the drive is mounted; the button is for when you don't want to wait.
- **Abandon pending** (in the toolbar, shown only when something is waiting) cancels every transfer waiting for the drive. Use it if you won't be reconnecting that drive.

Abandoning doesn't delete any files; the transfers are simply marked cancelled.

Related: [“Waiting for drive”](https://storagestudio.us/faq/data-transfers/what-does-waiting-for-drive-mean)