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2nd HDD doesnt appear in My Computer but is detected in BIOS

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TurkzZ   11-20-2006 at 12:27:24 AM

I have 2 HDD on SaTA, but only 1 appears in My Computer. Can this be fixed?

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Uber_sven   11-20-2006 at 02:06:16 AM
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are you running this second drive thru a RAID chip? if so you will have to install drivers for the RAID chip first.

otherwise, go into device manager in windows and see if its dectected there - might need to be formatted before windows will recognise it as a 2nd drive.

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papi4baby   11-20-2006 at 02:25:13 AM
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right click my computer, click on manage, and you have to add to it windows, your should figure it out once you do what i just told you.

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TurkzZ   11-20-2006 at 06:55:20 PM
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when i go to comoter managment and add the new HDD it says unallocated, i think i have to format it as has no NTFS or FAT next to it like my other working hdd does.


how can i formatt my pc in safe mode as i cnt get into windows at the minute.

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sruane   11-20-2006 at 07:11:55 PM
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when i go to comoter managment and add the new HDD it says unallocated, i think i have to format it as has no NTFS or FAT next to it like my other working hdd does.


how can i formatt my pc in safe mode as i cnt get into windows at the minute.



You first have to put a partition on it, then format it.

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TurkzZ   11-21-2006 at 12:20:27 AM
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how do i do that?

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