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turtl3   11-03-2009 at 06:44:24 AM

I have a new system running Windows 7 that I built. I have put in a second hard drive for storage. My device manager shows I have two hard drives, however if I go to COMPUTER it only shows my main hard drive (with OS on it).

What am I not doing right?

Thanks
Mike

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buwish   11-03-2009 at 11:10:57 AM

Common problem. To fix it, right click on my computer, go to "manage," then find storage devices, and finally after locating the HDD you installed in storage devices, format it and you should be good to go.

------------------------------ -Kevin
Desktop: Q9400(stock,lapped,SpinTechQ)/Intel DP43TF/VTEK 4850(512)/8GB DDR2 800Mhz/X-Fi Titanium Pro/Liteon BD-ROM/Velociraptor/Windows 7 Pro 64-bit
Laptop: Toshiba Satellite (M305)/T6400/4GB DDR2 800Mhz/Windows 7 Pro 64-bit (for now)
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rodney_ws   11-03-2009 at 02:40:53 PM

A drive without a partition on it would not show up under My Computer. This is normal. The fact that Windows sees the device is a good sign. Don't get discouraged! Go to Disk Management and right click on that drive and you'll figure out the rest I'm sure!

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