I have a WD caviar blue drive, (wd5000aakx), I rma'd the first one because it could not be found in windows. The 2nd one was found, windows 7 auto installed the drivers, but its not available in my list of drives when I go to my computer, bios also does not recognize it either. however going control panel>device manager it is found. The properties tab says drivers are updated and it says the hdd is functioning properly. I also downloaded WD's diagnostic program and ran it, it located the new drive as well as my other drives and said they passed and are working properly. however in that program the new drive was listed in the "physycal drive" category, but not in the "logical drive" area. I used this same exact power supply and sata cable/port hours earlier on another WD hdd from one of my computers (wd5000aaks). it has worked fine for about a year, I purchased this new drive to replace it but I just cant get windows to fully recognize it. below is the link of the exact drive purchased. want to sort this out before I run out of time to rma this 2nd drive and maybe try a different brand/model. thanks.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
i5-2500k
asrock p67 exteme 4
other drive is a 160g ocz agility ssd.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136769
i5-2500k
asrock p67 exteme 4
other drive is a 160g ocz agility ssd.
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