how to find/format 2nd hdd that disappeared?

ra791

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i have a primary and a secondary with more diskspace and in disk manager I gave the second hdd a drive path letter but didn't partition it, it showed up under computer ,and then tried to install a game on it it froze and disappeared now it doesn't show up in disk manager. I unplugged my primary and left secondary on and rebooted with windows 8 install disk to format but it says cant find partition and disk is locked.
 

GordimBurgueis

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First try the physical part, attach cables again etc etc...

If nothing happens try entering your bios to see if the MOBO recognizes. Then you can tell if its a hardware problem or a software one.
 

ra791

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doing the physical worked with new cable and different slot