My WD Green HDD not showing up

Jupz · Aug 16, 2013

Hi well I just made my gaming PC today and when I turned it on I only plugged in my SSD and not my HDD because I did not have enough SATA cables and need the two supplied for the Optical Drive for Windows and the SSD. So when I did plug the HDD in and reset the PC it does not show up on my Hard drives in Windows. Help please

Motherboard: Asus P8Z77-V LX Motherboard
CPU: Intel 3rd Generation Core i5-3570K CPU
CPU Cooler: Coolermaster Hyper 212 Evo
GPU: Asus GTX 780 DirectCU II 3GB GDDR5
RAM: Crucial Ballistix Sport 8GB Kit
HDD: Western Digital Green - 1TB Desktop SATA Hard Drive - OEM
SSD: Samsung 840 Series 120GB 2.5 inch SATA Solid State Drive
PSU: Corsair Gaming Series 2013 Edition GS 700W ATX
Optical Drive: LG GH24NS95.AUAA 24x SATA SuperMulti Internal DVDRW Bulk
OS: Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64bit
Case: Coolermaster Storm Trooper Case

skit75 · Aug 16, 2013

Make sure the port that it is connected to is turned ON in the BIOS - sometimes others are turned off by default
Right click My Computer & select Manage
In the menu on the left navigate to Disk Management
Find your drive in the list at the bottom and then select to assign it a drive letter( D: or E: or F etc....)

MC_K7 · Aug 16, 2013

Does it shows in the BIOS?

In Windows, did you check "Disk Management"? If it's a new drive you need to initialize and format it first.

ingtar33 · Aug 16, 2013

click on start
type Create and Format Hard Drive Partitians into the "search" box
you should be in "disk management" now
right click on your WD Green hard drive assign it a "letter" and format it.

you should be good to go.

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