WD 3TB Hard Drive Not Showing Up On My Computer

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Hello, i have an HP Pavilion a532n computer running Windows 7 Professional with an Intel Pentium 4 3.40 Ghz processor and what's going on is that when i turn on my computer. The computer reads my dvd-rom but not my hard drive. What's going on?

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

Try this - http://knowledge.seagate.com/articles/en_US/FAQ/188931en?language=en_U

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

I can't do that because my hard drive doesn't show up when i turn on the computer, like i said. It only reads the dvd-rom, not the hard drive.

Paul NZ · Dec 29, 2016

Does this system, support UEFI??

Because I think it has to, to support hdd's bigger than 2.1 / 2.2 GB. And the hdd would have to be formatted in GPT

And whats the main hdd, if the 3 TB doesnt work?

You maybe able to see it / format it in disk management If it's new.

But unless it's formatted in GPT, you wont be able to use all of the 3 TB

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Paul, that's my only hard drive inside my computer.

Paul NZ · Dec 29, 2016

sethstewart16 :

Look in disk management, see if it's got a letter. If it doesnt have one, give it one

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

I think the motherboard is too old to be able to read a 3TB drive.

http://www.pcworld.com/article/235088/everything-you-need-to-know-about-3tb-hard-drives.html

I doubt HP released an update that allowed the motherboard in that particular computer to support a 3TB drive.

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Paul, when i turn on my computer, it doesn't read the hard drive but instead reads the dvd-rom. And i need to know how to fix this.

Paul NZ · Dec 29, 2016

Get a more recent mobo that supports UEFI

If you want to use a 3 TB hdd. As above

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Paul, i forgot to tell you that everytime i start up my computer. It says "Reboot and Select proper Boot device or Insert Boot Media in selected Boot device and press a key". What can i do to fix this?

Paul NZ · Dec 29, 2016

Could be because it doesnt fully support the hdd

Or get a hdd smaller than 2.1 TB.

Or update your system to one that 's got an UEFI BIOS.

Which will support 3+ TB hdds

But you may have to buy another version of windows if you do

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Can i unplug my computer for several seconds and plug it back in to see if that helps?

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

Why can't you understand that the 3TB hard drive probably is incompatible with your system?

Unplugging the computer is not going to fix that.

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

Why can't you guys understand that my hard drive does not read when i turn on the computer.

Paul NZ · Dec 29, 2016

Well I've said enough to explain why. So ciao

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

We understand perfectly fine.

Your hard drive probably can't be read by your computer.

sethstewart16 · Dec 29, 2016

What should i do then?

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

Well...

Paul NZ :

ThatVietGuy · Dec 29, 2016

I just thought about it, what are you even trying to do.

Why are you booting with ONLY the 3TB drive when you (presumably) have another hard drive with Windows on it?

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