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Trying to add a second SATA HDD

Beer is Life · 2008-01-04 12:23:32

Im trying to add a second SATA HDD. Connected it all up fine. The problem is My Computer doesnt see my drive. If I go to Device manager its there, it shows up in the BIOS, it shows up everywhere except My Computer. What do I have to do to get it working? Bought it off Komplett but it came with no instructions or anything.

04-01-2008 12:23pm

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Beer is Life

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Im trying to add a second SATA HDD. Connected it all up fine. The problem is My Computer doesnt see my drive. If I go to Device manager its there, it shows up in the BIOS, it shows up everywhere except My Computer. What do I have to do to get it working? Bought it off Komplett but it came with no instructions or anything.

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#2 04-01-2008 12:31pm

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Right Click My Computer, Click Manage, Disk Management, look for new hard drive in there (Probably will say not initialised), right click to the left on it, click initialize hard disk and then format it (Create partition), you'll then have the hard disk working

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#3 04-01-2008 11:24pm

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That worked, thanks alot Nick!

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#4 14-03-2009 9:48pm

sideshowdave

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howdy folks
i have the same problem as discussed in this post and i have done what yoyo suggested but still i cant see the new drive in my computer.

any ideas what next?

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#5 14-03-2009 11:53pm

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found the problem. when formating i never assigned a drive letter, doh, which obviously left it hidden.

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