Can't see partitions and extra HDD on windows

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lordsteff

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I recently got a new HDD and added it to my PC. I now have 2 HDD (1t each) which when I formatted and installed windows 7 home premium, divided into 2 partitions each. I can see both HDD's in my bios and in the device manager (it says they are working properly) but in my computer I can only see the first partition of the first HDD. the other partition as well as the second HDD cannot be seen. What can I do? I have already tried every combination of SATA arrangement from my motherboard and still nothing.
 

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In Disk Management, give them each a drive letter.
 
Can you see everything in the Disk Management console? Right-click Computer and click Manage, then select "Disk Management." This should show you all the drives and partitions Windows sees. It may be that the missing partitions haven't been assigned drive letters.
 

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