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Jaky516

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I just built a pc and everythings working but my hdd my specs are

Cpu: i5 4690k
Mobo: msi z97 gaming 5
Gpu: gtx 970
SSD: crucial 250gb
HDD: western digital blue 1TB

So i just built my pc and everything was going fine i put the os on the ssd and all the drivers i could find but when i went to computer the hdd wasn't there so i thought i could just partion it maybe its not allocated so i went to computer management but the hdd isn't even there i tried everything that i saw in other threads but nothing works i see my hard drive in bios but not in computer management
 
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JaxAxRho

JaxAxRho

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Make sure in disk management to show hidden drives. Same thing happened to me. It also needs to be initialized, mine did as soon as I set it to show hidden drives, but you may have to right click on it(forgot that originally).
 
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D_Know_WD

D_Know_WD

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Hi there Jaky516,

I'm sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive. :(
Most of the times, when a drive is recognized by BIOS but not Disk Management, it has to do with drivers. So, it may be a good idea to go to your MOBO's website and update your SATA drivers.
Another thing you can try is to boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive and try to partition and format the drive. Then you can boot up Windows again and see whether the HDD will be properly recognized. Thread on Ubuntu Live CD: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

In case the issue persists, I guess you can try something simple as just attaching the drive to a different SATA port with different cables. If you connect it to a different system, you will be absolutely sure whether there is something wrong with the drive itself or with your system.

I guess testing the drive with WD's DLG tool for DOS will not hurt: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=6QK7HL

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD :)

 
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