This is the first system I built, and I used Win 8.1 as the OS. The 128gb Kingston SSD is the boot drive and works fine. I installed a previously used 640 WD HD and it also works fine. However the new WD BLACK SERIES WD1003FZEX 1TB 64MB Cache SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive is visible in Win 8/1 disk management and in Win Explorer, but I can not write to it, format it or partition it. I did add it after the system was installed.
New PC unable to recognize 2nd WD hard drive in Win 8.1
- Thread starter ARTovar
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- Sep 13, 2010
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Did you go into disk management and initialize it as an MBR disk already? You need to do that prior to formatting.
What does the partition information in disk management say about the disk? What file system does it have unpartitoned, RAW, NTFS, or something else?
What does the partition information in disk management say about the disk? What file system does it have unpartitoned, RAW, NTFS, or something else?
It was listed as RAW. In other reading I found I have to do a full format initially. I had been trying to just Quick Format it, and it did not work. Formatting is now in progress, not sure how long take to complete, no progress indicator.
Thx for the help. Any guess how roughly long a 1TB drive will take to do a full format?
SuperSoph_WD
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Hey there, ARTovar!
I can suggest a couple of links to help you through the initializing and partitioning/formatting processes:
How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary HDD in Windows: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=v23OuM
How partition and format a WD drive on Windows: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=r99TEi
Hope you find these useful. Keep us posted.
SuperSoph_WD
I can suggest a couple of links to help you through the initializing and partitioning/formatting processes:
How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary HDD in Windows: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=v23OuM
How partition and format a WD drive on Windows: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=r99TEi
Hope you find these useful. Keep us posted.
SuperSoph_WD
Thank you both for your suggestions. I noted the new drive had a blue band above it in Disk Management and it showed its size and the type was listed as RAW. I right clicked on it in Disk Management and elected to format as NTFS , electing the default options and leaving the drive letter the same.
Checking several hours later the Disk Management system and Windows Explorer did not show the drive at all. Had school day, last day yeah!, and will check out your suggestions tonight
Checking several hours later the Disk Management system and Windows Explorer did not show the drive at all. Had school day, last day yeah!, and will check out your suggestions tonight
The3monitors
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If all else fails. Go boot from the 8.1 disk. Now you are not going to install windows what you want to do is set the partition up without the win os interference. Hopefully the drive is recognized as available. But once you set the partition as active and format in partitions that you want cancel the win 8.1 install and restart. It should be an active formatted partition at that time (had this same problem with a wd 3tb green)
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