- Nov 7, 2015
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I have a Gigabyte ud3r motherboard, and just purchased a sata Western Digital WD Purple 2 TB Internal Hard Drive. The pc refuses to recognize it. When I go into the bios, it displays. If I try and boot from windows 7 installation disk (not actually trying to install windows, just seeing what happens), it allows me to create a partition and format (which I have done). But I still cannot see it from file explorer, and if I go into system settings/storage it doesn't display there either. I tried reinstalling the motherboards sata 2 and sata 3 drivers, but no luck... I've busted out some brand new sata cables, swapped power cables, and danced around the room chanting praise to whatever deity may take pity on me
I see that the purple drive is a 'surveillance' drive. Does this make any difference? I just assumed when I bought it that a drive was a drive. I am guessing this is the problem and I am out of luck
Any help to prevent premature, technology induced stress related hair loss would be appreciated
I see that the purple drive is a 'surveillance' drive. Does this make any difference? I just assumed when I bought it that a drive was a drive. I am guessing this is the problem and I am out of luck
Any help to prevent premature, technology induced stress related hair loss would be appreciated
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