Windows not recognizing 2TB SATA drive


  1. Willbaileyy
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    Windows 7 Home Premium Service Pack 1 64 bit
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    Windows not recognizing 2TB SATA drive


    I have built a new system with a 60GB SSD to install the OS on and a 2TB hard drive for everything else. The 2TB drive can be seen in the BIOS but cant be accessed from windows. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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  3. bobkn
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    Windows 7 Pro X64 SP1
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    This may be a stupid question, but...

    Have you partitioned and formatted the 2TB drive? (Administrative Tools control panel, Computer Management, Storage, Disk Management.)

    I don't expect a new internal drive to be usable in Windows straight out of the box.
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