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Windows 7: Additional storage HD
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31 May 2012
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Additional storage HD
I have physically installed and hooked up my additional hard drive, a sata3 1 tb drive.
My booting drive, a 320 is a sata3 as well so i have no master/slave switches.
How do i make my computer recognize the 2nd drive and format it for use?
When I boot up nothing shows up in My Computer
Help me
Thank you
| My System Specs |
| System Manufacturer/Model Number asus aspire 5745g-7671
OS win 7 x64
CPU intel core i3-370m
Memory 4 gig ddr3
Graphics Card nvidia gt 420m
Hard Drives 500 gig
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31 May 2012
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Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1 USA |
Quote: Originally Posted by yp89CCp  I have physically installed and hooked up my additional hard drive, a sata3 1 tb drive.
My booting drive, a 320 is a sata3 as well so i have no master/slave switches.
How do i make my computer recognize the 2nd drive and format it for use?
When I boot up nothing shows up in My Computer
Help me
Thank you Go into the Bios of your computer (it will be something like the del key, f8, f12, f10, esc, f2, etc). You have to do this before Windows starts loading. | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion P7-1010
OS Windows 7 Professional x64 Service Pack 1
CPU AMD Athlon X4 645
Motherboard Foxxcon N-Alvorix RS880
Memory 6GB DDR3 1066
Graphics Card Sapphire Radeon HD 5670 512MB
Sound Card Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays HP 2011x
Screen Resolution 1600x900
Keyboard HP OEM- Made by Chicony
Mouse HP OEM- Made by Logitech
PSU Seasonic S12 II Bronze 380 Watt
Case HP OEM
Cooling Coolermaster Heatsink, AVC Case Fan
Hard Drives 1. Crucial M4 128GB SSD
2. 1TB Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 RPM
3. 1TB Western Digital Caviar Green 5400RPM
Internet Speed 20MBit Down/4 Up
Antivirus Microsoft Security Essentials
Browser Internet Explorer 9
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31 May 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 Philadelphia, PA |
It should already be showing in the BIOS< but it doesn't hurt to check. The usual next step is to boot into Windows, go into Disk Management, and format the drive. That processes will assign it a drive letter and make it visible. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1
CPU Intel Core i7-2600
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-P67A-UD3P-B3
Memory 12 GB Patriot Extreme DDR3-1333
Graphics Card Nvidia GTX 470
Monitor(s) Displays Dell UltraSharp 2209WA
PSU OCZ ModStream 700W
Case CoolerMaster HAF 912 Advanced
Cooling CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus
Hard Drives OCZ Agility3 240 GB, WD5001AALS, WD7501AALS
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31 May 2012
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So I get into the bios and then what do i do? | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number asus aspire 5745g-7671
OS win 7 x64
CPU intel core i3-370m
Memory 4 gig ddr3
Graphics Card nvidia gt 420m
Hard Drives 500 gig
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01 Jun 2012
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Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz) SomeWhere in the HOT Arizona Desert ! |
See if the new HD shows up in Disk Management.
Start  Computer Management Disk Management
It should show up as an UnAllocated disk
It then needs to be Initialized & Formatted  | | My System Specs | | Computer type PC/Desktop
System Manufacturer/Model Number Built them myself, Science Experiments !
OS Win7 Enterprise, Win7 x86 (Ult 7600), Win7 x64 Ult 7600, TechNet RTM on AMD x64 (2.8Ghz)
CPU AMD fx8350 4ghz, AMD-32 2400mhz, AMD-64 3200mhz, AMDx64 2.8G
Motherboard SIS 755, ECS-K8M890M-M (Ult 7600), GigaByte & others
Memory 2gb, 4gb on the Ult 7600, 4gb on Technet RTM, 32gb on FX8350
Graphics Card Draw my own Graphics, several nVidia cards
Sound Card on motherboard
Monitor(s) Displays 19" flat scr, 28" I-Inc widescr,22" Emprex Widescr, 23" Acer
Screen Resolution 1280 x 1024, 1440 x 900, 1920 x 1080
Keyboard Compaq & Dell recycled from GoodWill
Mouse Made in China Optical Wired Mouse
PSU 430w, 550w, 600w, 700, 800, etc
Case All Generic Full Towers
Cooling Open Air & a few fans, some w/ colored LEDs
Hard Drives 6 pata Ide HD's & 2 Sata HD's
added 80gb external on Ult 7600 computer,
numerous extra 1tb, 2TB, 3Tb SATA HD's
A collection of ext HD Docks w/ HDs
Internet Speed Fast Cable InterNet
Antivirus AVG Free on 24 different Desktops, NO Problems!
Browser IE 8 is preferred, but use FireFox sometimes
Other Info Linksys Routers, switches, & Hubs
Too Many USB Flash Drives to count, Biggest is 64GB !
Eight computers in my home network.
Sixteen computers at my business network.
Linked via TeamViewer !
Lots of old used spare computer parts everywhere!
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01 Jun 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
You first will need to click in the unallocated space and select the "create new volume" option. Once you have a new primary on the drive you can right click again and select the format option for NTFS. The volume creation wizard will prompt about mbr and label for the new volume. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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01 Jun 2012
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only my boot C shows up in disk management | | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number asus aspire 5745g-7671
OS win 7 x64
CPU intel core i3-370m
Memory 4 gig ddr3
Graphics Card nvidia gt 420m
Hard Drives 500 gig
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01 Jun 2012
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Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case New England |
Check the 7 pin data cable as well as the 15pin power feed at the back of the drive. You want to be sure those are both plugged in securely as well as checking the 7 pin at the board end to see if it is plugged in fully there too.
If you find each one is secure try a different 7pin if you have another lying around. Every so often I'll run into one that isn't so good. Plus that will rule that out. | | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Ultimate x64, XP Mode, W8 RP VM, Linux Mint Debian 2nd OS HD- 7 Pro x64 second case
CPU AMD Phenom II X4 975 Deneb 3.6ghz - 965 on new mini tower
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-790XTA-UD4
Memory Kingston Hyper X DDR3 1600 1.5v 16gb - Mushkin on 2nd build
Graphics Card MSI HD Radeon 5750 1gb - MSI HD Radeon 6450 on mini tower
Sound Card Creative Labs X-Fi XtremeGamer - Realtek onooard 2nd case
Monitor(s) Displays 2 x Acer P191W 19" widesscreen - HP 20" widescreen mini towe
Screen Resolution 1440x900 native - 1600x1024 on 7 Pro x64 build
Keyboard Microsoft Recusa Razor - MS Comfort 3000 on second build
Mouse MS Trackball Explorer - A4TECH dual scroll wheel trackball
PSU Corsair 750TX - primary / Corsair CX600 - second
Case Antec 900-2 - SSD compatible / NZXT Vulcan mini tower
Cooling Zalman CNPS9900A
Hard Drives Primary Ultimate x64 build-
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 6.0 = 2
WD Black Edition 1tb Sata 3.0 = 2 (OS drives)
WD 1tb Green Power sata = 2 1 external
usb flash drives = 18
Second 7 Pro x64 mini tower-
WD Caviar SE 500gb sata II single drive presen
Internet Speed 30mbps upgrade - primary hard wired - mini tower usb WiFi
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