Win 7 -> 10 = HDD missing

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Hopefully you'll be able use Disk Management to access the 1 TB Dynamic drive which may be the one shown as "Disk 2 Foreign" in DM. Right-click on it and select "Import Foreign Disks". Hopefully that option will be available - it's not a certainty by any means - and the "missing" 1 TB HDD and your data may be intact. May be.

If it is detected and the data is accessible

You should never had created a Dynamic disk (presumably in your former system) in the first place. It's a curse for virtually all PC users. If I were you I would copy or move whatever data you need from the F: partition of your 120 GB SSD(?), then delete the volumes from that drive and convert it to a Basic disk. If you don't need any data from that drive just delete...
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Hopefully you'll be able use Disk Management to access the 1 TB Dynamic drive which may be the one shown as "Disk 2 Foreign" in DM. Right-click on it and select "Import Foreign Disks". Hopefully that option will be available - it's not a certainty by any means - and the "missing" 1 TB HDD and your data may be intact. May be.

If it is detected and the data is accessible

You should never had created a Dynamic disk (presumably in your former system) in the first place. It's a curse for virtually all PC users. If I were you I would copy or move whatever data you need from the F: partition of your 120 GB SSD(?), then delete the volumes from that drive and convert it to a Basic disk. If you don't need any data from that drive just delete the volumes and convert it to a Basic disk using DM.

If you're able to resurrect your 1 TB dynamic disk you will not be able to convert it to a Basic disk using DM because it contains data. So you have one of two choices...
1. Live with it.
2. Use a third-party partition manaagement program to carry out the conversion process. AFAIK, you would need to use the commercial (not the free) version of one these programs. But I'm not certain about that; check the programs to see what they have to offer in this area.
 
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