PC won't recognize hard drive

Speedy Owl

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I built my pc last fall. For storage, I got a 2 Tb hard drive and a 512 Gib SSD. I only just noticed that I'm running out of storage. It says I have 443 GB used out of 476 GB in the settings. Obviously, the PC isn't recognizing the hard drive.

The weird thing is, I went through and checked the bios, the Computer Management app, and checked the cables themselves, and all said that the hard drive was plugged into the PC and should be working.

The problem is that it doesn't show up in files explorer and I can't put anything on it. Could it be a faulty drive or do I have to mess with some settings to get it to work?

I have Windows 10
 
Solution
1 In the Disk Management window, complete one of the following procedures, and then continue to step 2:
To create a new partition, right-click on the Unallocated space on the Basic disk where you want to create the partition, and then click New Partition.
To create a new logical drive in an Extended partition, right-click on the free space on an Extended partition where you want to create the logical drive, and then click New Logical Drive.
2 In the New Partition Wizard, then click Next.
3 Click the type of partition that you want to create (either Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive), and then click Next.
4 Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and then click Next.
5 Decide whether to...

Speedy Owl

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It appears that it is indeed unallocated. What should I do to fix that?
 

Colif

Win 11 Master
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1 In the Disk Management window, complete one of the following procedures, and then continue to step 2:
To create a new partition, right-click on the Unallocated space on the Basic disk where you want to create the partition, and then click New Partition.
To create a new logical drive in an Extended partition, right-click on the free space on an Extended partition where you want to create the logical drive, and then click New Logical Drive.
2 In the New Partition Wizard, then click Next.
3 Click the type of partition that you want to create (either Primary partition, Extended partition, or Logical drive), and then click Next.
4 Specify the size of the partition in the Partition size in MB box, and then click Next.
5 Decide whether to manually assign a drive letter, let the system automatically enumerate the drive, or not assign a drive letter to the new partition or logical drive, and then click Next.
6 Specify the formatting options you want to use (such as setting a drive label name) by using one of the following procedures:
If you do not want to format the partition, click Do not format this partition, and then click Next.
If you want to format the partition, click Format this partition with the following settings, and then complete the fields in the Format dialog box.
7 Confirm that the options selected are correct, and then click Finish.
8 You should be able to see the new drive listed under My Computer with the new drive letter assignment and the drive label name.

http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/188931en?language=en_US
 
Solution

Ari3l

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Just right click on it and format or i think it's called create new partitio...something. Then follow the steps. you can't miss it. :D