Built new PC with SSD and Hard Drive. Hard Drive shows but not available

dollseyes · Mar 25, 2016

Hi Guys, I built a new pc and all is good.
The bios shows everything is fine. I installed Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit on the SSD.
Login into Windows and it shows the SSD but not Hard Drive.
I go into Disc Management and it shows but says it's "Not Initialized" (see image 1).
After Right Clicking Disk 1 and choosing "Initialize Disk" I get this window pop up (See Image 2)
I do not understand.
I want the SSD for OS and Programs that I use a lot for my work and the Hard Drive for other programs but largely for files etc. No partition, nothing, just a drive serving as storage mostly.

I am unsure as what to do next.
Appreciate all help, thanks

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thor220 · Mar 25, 2016

First initialize the disk as MBR. GPT is only required for 2 TB or more. After that, right click on the unallocated space of the drive and create a simple volume / new partition.

You are set to go after that.

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2016

Once the drive is initialized(MBR is fine for drives upto 2TB as it says) you can create your partition.

Alpha7 · Mar 25, 2016

Yeah you need GPT. Once you initialize the disk, you need to format it. Quick format should be fine. Then it will show and you can use it for storage.

thor220 · Mar 25, 2016

Alpha7 :

GPT isn't required for disks 2 TB and under and it provides no advantages past being able to make infinite partitions. Not worth the legacy issues you can encounter.

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2016

It is also used on uefi boot(a legacy system would not boot a gpt drive), but for storage yeah, no real issue either way.

Alpha7 · Mar 25, 2016

That's true, for storage not an issue. A lot of people use 2TB or large hard drives now though. The option to have more than four partitions down the line can come in handy.

dollseyes · Mar 25, 2016

thor220 :

dollseyes · Mar 25, 2016

Thanks thor220 that worked!
A mute point - it now has letter "E" for the drive and called it "new volume" I know I can rename it but I'd be interested to know what yourself and others tend to call the hard drive or is it just a personal thing and rename it to whatever you like?
Happy to follow suit if there's a generic name people use for the hard drive

nukemaster · Mar 25, 2016

I use whatever is on the drive

My other system has them called Windows 7, Windows 10, Games, Documents and iSCSI(since some programs will not run off network shares I needed a small one of these.)

I have always kept the bulk of my files on D : (d for documents

)

thor220 · Mar 25, 2016

dollseyes :

I name it after what I use it for. For example, I store all my videos in my videos drive and all my Music in my Music drive. If the files I have aren't big enough to fill a partition, I'll group them together. For example, I'll put work, learning, and downloads on a drive called "General WLD", the last three letter resembling the three categories contained.

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