Windows 7: 2 Hard Drives

Case1 · 14 Nov 2010

I recenty built a new computer. I put an SSD drive for the operating system and a few other things. I installed a disk drive to put the rest of the stuff on. How do I get the disk drive to pull up so I can put things like Microsoft Outlook on it. It doesn't seem like the disk drive is recognized or something. I can't find it as a choice. Hope this makes sense

Casey

Sedril · 14 Nov 2010

Try using the disk management feature to initialize the disk...

Right click "My computer" select "Manage"... in left side select "Disk Management"... Should be self explanatory from there....

Case1 · 14 Nov 2010

Hi Sedril,

I did what you said but I don't see how to initialize the disk...I right clicked on the partition and that wasn't an option.

DocBrown · 14 Nov 2010

Does it show up here ?

DocBrown · 14 Nov 2010

Your 1st HD should be Disk0 & 2nd should be Disk1

Sedril · 14 Nov 2010

Does the drive show up in "My Computer" to where you can copy files to it and such and you're just trying to figure out how to install programs to that drive? Or does the computer just not even recognize the drive at all to where you can't even see it in "My Computer" ?

Case1 · 14 Nov 2010

Yes Doc, it does show up there. The SSD is first and the disk drive is second.

Case1 · 14 Nov 2010

Quote: Originally Posted by Sedril

Does the drive show up in "My Computer" to where you can copy files to it and such and you're just trying to figure out how to install programs to that drive? Or does the computer just not even recognize the drive at all to where you can't even see it in "My Computer" ?

Yes it shows up I am just trying to figure out how to copy things to it.

DocBrown · 14 Nov 2010

Does it show up as formated & healthy, or as unallowcated ?

Case1 · 14 Nov 2010

if I knew how to copy a picture of it to the forum I would, it says the SSD drive is the C drive and the disk drive is a new volume

Windows 7: 2 Hard Drives

2 Hard Drives problems?