HDD not being recognised by windows 7 on crosshair v formula-z mobo

edwardj63

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Mar 12, 2017
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Hi I've just built my first gaming pc and I'm having a nighmare trying to get it to recognise a brand new 1tb wd hdd.

I'm running a crosshair v formula-z motherboard with a amd 8350 processor
Windows is installed on a 250gb SSD and currently that is the only drive showing up in my computer, even though there is a 1TB HDD connected up.

It is recognised in the bios and all sata ports are enabled, I've also tried unhiding empty drives in my computer and still nothing.
 

edwardj63

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Mar 12, 2017
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Hi sorry guys just me being a dum dum, I hadn't allocated the hard drive, for anyone else who's encoutered this problem heres the page that has the solution.
http://www.dummies.com/computers/pcs/how-to-use-unallocated-drive-space-in-windows/