Cannot see WD5000AAKX hdd AFTER win7 install

dredogol

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Hi all, I'm new to the forums.

I have a very strange dilemma I cannot figure out.

I have a brand new system running windows 7 64-bit right now, which cannot see my WD5000AAKX which is my OLD backup HDD from an older system (which ran Windows XP).
All the jumper pins in the back are removed, so the default 6GB/s is unlocked.

My current system has the OS installed on a 256GB SSD with a 2TB WD Black HDD being used as Data storage.
This 500GB WD5000AAKX blue caviar is being used as an os backup drive.

I WAS able to see the AAKX in the BIOS, as well as see it during the initial Win7 Install process.
I'm puzzled as to why the OS cannot see the hdd AFTER it's been installed.

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FYI ... The drive does NOT show up in My Computer.
... However, it DOES show up under System Devices, and has no issues.
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[edit #2]
-- I tried to Uninstall the hdd from Device Manager... no luck. The system rebooted and saw the drive, but did not show up in My Computer
-- Also tried looking at the hdd from Disk Management, and it's not showing up on the top drive list.
-- However, I do see the drive in the bottom graph list, but is unassigned and inaccessible.
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Does anyone have any suggestions?

The old system was setup in AHCI mode (not RAID), and the new system is set to ACHI as well.
Old system was SATA-2 (with 3.0GB/s 5-6pin jumper installed on hdd)... and removed the jumper before booting the hdd on the new machine.

The hdd still reads perfectly fine on the old XP machine.

Any help appreciated, and thanks in advance.
 

Nikolay Savov

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Hi
This is caused because you OLD drive hold C: letter and you boot from the new SSD with C: also
So now you drive have no letter in Disk Managment
- Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Managment
- when you see you`r old drive right click -> Change Drive letter
- choose letter for you wish
- Next Next DONE

Now you see you old drive in My Computer.
 

dredogol

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Unfortunately, that method doesn't work, because (read edit #2):
[edit]
FYI ... The drive does NOT show up in My Computer.
... However, it DOES show up under System Devices, and has no issues.
[/edit]

[edit #2]
-- I tried to Uninstall the hdd from Device Manager... no luck. The system rebooted and saw the drive, but did not show up in My Computer
-- Also tried looking at the hdd from Disk Management, and it's not showing up on the top drive list.
-- However, I do see the drive in the bottom graph list, but is unassigned and inaccessible.
-- I CANNOT reformat this drive, as it has data I need for this new computer.
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Nikolay Savov

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once again :
DO you know how to open Disk Manager ?
DO you see the drive in Disk Manager ?
Did you read what i have advise you to do ?

Where did i type "My Computer" ???

- Right click My Computer -> Manage -> Disk Managment
- when you see you`r old drive right click -> Change Drive letter
- choose letter for you wish
- Next Next DONE
 

dredogol

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BLEH... no luck... I'm forced to WIPE the data off this drive... =(

Disk Management didn't show the drive on the top list section, but showed the drive as "Invalid Dynamic" in the bottom section.
The drive would no reactive, so I was forced to "Convert to Basic" on the drive.

The HDD came back to life (able to read again), but was forced to wipe the entire partition table and all the data on the drive... =(

Does anyone know a way of REVIVING a drive in this condition WITHOUT having to wipe the partition table/data on the drive?

Would be useful to know if this happens again, and there is a way to safe the drive...
 

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