HDD not showing up when added to system

Rycerz

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Aug 15, 2013
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Hi all, i hav a new system and i hav a samsung ssd 120gig and have my os installed on it, i added a western digital 1tb sata drive to keep my games and d/loads on but it shows up on device manager but not on my compuet to select the drive as it just shows my ssd
I hav a gigabyte ga z77 d3h board and was told there is a setting in the peripherals settings in there but im really not too sure where to look and what to change.
my sata mode selection is set to ide and not to sure if this is what needs changed to ahci, or if i need to do a re install and hav it set to ahci before i reinstall windows as i didnt hav the hdd plugged in when i installed windows, jus the ssd??
I hope sumone can help as this is killing me

TY stephen
 
Solution
Run 'diskmgmt.msc' and find your disk. Right click on it and select the option to create a new simple volume. After you do that, right click again and give it a letter name. Check under Computer, your drive should be there.

gbryan101

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May 28, 2013
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Run 'diskmgmt.msc' and find your disk. Right click on it and select the option to create a new simple volume. After you do that, right click again and give it a letter name. Check under Computer, your drive should be there.
 
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