All Cables Plugged Into HDD And Motherboard but Not Being Read by System?

XtremeAero426

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I recently finished upgrading my computer so to make sure I installed the OS on the proper drive I only plugged in my 480GB SSD. I installed the OS then after installing all my drivers and games, I decided to plug in my 1TB HDD and my 120GB SSD. I made sure to plug in all the cables properly and then I started up my computer. However, when I look in the drive list, nothing appears. What am I doing wrong?

Key Points
- All cables are PROPERLY plugged in. (This isn't a cable issue)
- Cables plugged into the SSD are BRAND NEW
- SSD's are BRAND NEW
- HDD is used
- Operating System not reading drives.
- Drives are showing up in Device Manager
- (BIOS Check will be here soon)

Specifications:
Processor: AMD Athlon X4 760K
Processor Cooling: Cooler Master V8 GTS
Motherboard: MSI A88XG45 Gaming FM2+ ATX
Memory: PNY XLR8 8GB (1 x 8GB) DDR3 1866 (PC3-14900) CAS 9
Video Card: MSI Twin Frozr GTX-760 4GB
Storage: Mushkin Enhanced Chronos 1x480GB SSD, Kingston SSDNowV3 1x120GB, Seagate 1x1TB HDD
Case: Cooler Master Storm Enforcer
Operating System: Windows 8.1 Professional
 
Go into Control Panel, then Administrative Tools, then Computer Management, then under Storage, click once on Disk Management. You will have to initialize the new drives here. When you see them right click and select new volume, then go with default items and then quick format and the drives will be good to go.
 

XtremeAero426

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The drives are only showing up the Disk Management and Device Manager. Not the Computer tab in files. When I look for volumes I get a selection of 4 types.

Which one do I choose?

- Simple Volume
- Spanned Volume
- Striped Volume
- Mirrored Volume

Also, if this has something to do with partitions, I am NOT trying to have partitions. I would rather have all the drives their original and exact size.