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Hi, I've built my gaming PC today and I have all the drivers installed and Windows Update up to date, but whenever I go onto "Computer" I can't find my HDD's, I can only see my 1 SSD that I installed the OS on, the computer recognized my 2 2TB Seagate Barracuda HDD's, but how can I put them on the "Computer" windows alongside my SSD? I have no idea how to, and I'm new to building PC's so forgive me for my noobiness, thanks :)
 
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If these are new drives and have no data on them, they need to be partitioned and formatted.

Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management

Your should see your SSD and your HDD's on the lower pane. The top one will most likely be your SSD, the two HDD's below it. Right click the first HDD and select partition and make it a Primary Partition. Once partitioned, right click it again and Format it. Same can be down for the next one.

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If these are new drives and have no data on them, they need to be partitioned and formatted.

Go into Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disk Management

Your should see your SSD and your HDD's on the lower pane. The top one will most likely be your SSD, the two HDD's below it. Right click the first HDD and select partition and make it a Primary Partition. Once partitioned, right click it again and Format it. Same can be down for the next one.

 
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Thanks! Once I enter it, it says "Initialize Disk" and I can select Disk 1 and Disk 2, both being the HDD's but what partition style do I use? MBR (Master Boot Record) or GPT (GUID Partition Table)? Both the HDD's are 2TB's aswell, so which one do I choose?
 
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Okay, when I right-click the HDD's the only options I get are "New Simple Volume,New Spanned Volume,New Striped Volume,Properties and Help"
No primary partition, the SSD is already the primary partition aswell, what do I do from here?
 
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