Hey guys, my new build is seeing the SSD, but doesnt see my 1 TB hard drive. If I go into device manager i can see it in there and it says "This device is working properly" , but if i go into My computer it only sees the SSD and i cant save on to my HDD ? Can anyone help me with this Please ?
New Computer is Only Seeing SSD and Not the HDD
- Thread starter Xeciaris
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Well it seems like everything turned out fine. 
From what I see, everything seems OK and the drive should be shown as drive D: in Windows Explorer (My Computer, This PC). Is that correct?
From what I see, everything seems OK and the drive should be shown as drive D: in Windows Explorer (My Computer, This PC). Is that correct?
Gingerbread
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You most likely have not attached the cables correctly. Check again if everything is attached the way it should be and then check your disks in bios
Boogieman_WD
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Hey there, Xeciaris.
The most probable reason for this to happens is that the drive is not initialized. I'd recommend that you check if the HDD is recognized in Disk Management. If it is recognized, check if it has a red arrow and if it says "not initialized". If this is the case, go ahead and initialize the drive, after that you should partition and format it as you see fit. Here's how to do that: How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary hard drive or Solid State drive in Windows and How to partition and format a harddrive on Windows and Mac OSX.
If that doesn't prove to be the case, would you please post a screenshot of what you see in Disk Management about the drive. I'd also suggest that you try the drive with a different SATA port and cables, or even better - a different computer.
Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD
The most probable reason for this to happens is that the drive is not initialized. I'd recommend that you check if the HDD is recognized in Disk Management. If it is recognized, check if it has a red arrow and if it says "not initialized". If this is the case, go ahead and initialize the drive, after that you should partition and format it as you see fit. Here's how to do that: How to initialize or write a signature to a secondary hard drive or Solid State drive in Windows and How to partition and format a harddrive on Windows and Mac OSX.
If that doesn't prove to be the case, would you please post a screenshot of what you see in Disk Management about the drive. I'd also suggest that you try the drive with a different SATA port and cables, or even better - a different computer.
Hope that helps. Please let me know how everything goes.
Boogieman_WD
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Well it seems like everything turned out fine.
From what I see, everything seems OK and the drive should be shown as drive D: in Windows Explorer (My Computer, This PC). Is that correct?
From what I see, everything seems OK and the drive should be shown as drive D: in Windows Explorer (My Computer, This PC). Is that correct?
Boogieman_WD
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Sure thing. I'm glad I was able to help.
For future reference, note that this (initializing) has to be done with all new internal drives.
Cheers!
For future reference, note that this (initializing) has to be done with all new internal drives.
Cheers!
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