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BIOS not detecting HDD

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  • Hard Drives
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December 16, 2013 9:39:18 PM

I just finished building my first PC. When I boot up to the BIOS screen (Using the ASUS Z87-Plus), at the bottom of the screen where you can choose between the HDD, SSD, and Optical Drive, all i can see is my SSD (Samsung 840 EVO) and Optical Drive (ASUS Bluray). When I go into advanced settings under SATA, it shows me all of my SATA ports and what is plugged into them and which ones are enabled. It shows my HDD, SSD, and Optical drive there. So, I do not know why it shows my my HDD in advacned settings under SATA Configuration but does not show it on the normal BIOS screen at the bottom. Any help is appreciated and if you need more info just let me know.

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a b G Storage
December 17, 2013 5:42:22 AM

u have selected 2 bootable device at startup
one is SSD and another ur optical drive .....ur BIOS s normal nothing wrong with
u can choose only 2 bootable devices

and can u see ur HDD in "My Computer"?
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December 17, 2013 7:11:20 AM

gokul36 said:
u have selected 2 bootable device at startup
one is SSD and another ur optical drive .....ur BIOS s normal nothing wrong with
u can choose only 2 bootable devices

and can u see ur HDD in "My Computer"?


I havent loaded an OS as of yet.I wasnt sure what to do when this issue arose. I am planning on putting my OS on my Samsung SSD, so is it normal to only see one or the other? I was expecting to see the HDD, SSD, and Optical all at once, but if that usually isnt the case i think im good then. What do you think?
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a b G Storage
December 17, 2013 7:17:08 AM

can u see ur HDD in "Device Manager" ???
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December 17, 2013 7:22:14 AM

gokul36 said:
can u see ur HDD in "Device Manager" ???


Sorry for my stupidity ut where is thta located? Like I said earlier, when I go to advanced settings in BIOS and under SATA Configuration I can see everything including my HDD.
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a b G Storage
December 17, 2013 7:28:25 AM

My computer ----> right click -------> Properties ------> device manager
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December 17, 2013 7:30:45 AM

gokul36 said:
My computer ----> right click -------> Properties ------> device manager


SO, I have to still install my OS which will be on my SSD. Ill do that and let you know if I can see it! Thank you for the help so far!
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a b G Storage
December 17, 2013 7:32:31 AM

oh! okay.....
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December 17, 2013 9:08:26 AM

gokul36 said:
oh! okay.....


Ok, so I installed my OS and I found my HDD in the device manager. Im assuming everythings ok then?
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a b G Storage
December 17, 2013 9:11:16 AM

ya! its k

nothing to worry :) 
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December 17, 2013 9:18:18 AM

gokul36 said:
ya! its k

nothing to worry :) 


Awesome! Thank you!!
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