Finding new Hard Drive


  1. kasey
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    Finding new Hard Drive


    Win 7 can't find my new drive.
    I dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu. Both boot okay on my machine but I want to add a new drive to the two existing ones. Currently Win 7 is on a 320 G Seagate and Ubuntu is on a 500 G Seagate. The new drive is a 1 T WD.
    My bios recognizes all drives. Belarc Analyzer also finds the drive and even notes the serial number. But my `Computer `can`t see it and ``add new hardware`` can`t find it.

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  3. whs
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    Did you try "Devices and Printers" in the Start menu and then " Add a Device".
    Also have a look in Disk Management whether it is there. Maybe you have to initialize it and assign a drive letter. For Initialize right click on the left pane of the drive (where it says Disk 0, 1, etc.). To assign a drive letter, right click on the right pane. You may also have to format it (take "quick format" - with full format you are in for 10 hours)
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  4. zigzag3143
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    kasey said:
    Win 7 can't find my new drive.
    I dual boot Win 7 and Ubuntu. Both boot okay on my machine but I want to add a new drive to the two existing ones. Currently Win 7 is on a 320 G Seagate and Ubuntu is on a 500 G Seagate. The new drive is a 1 T WD.
    My bios recognizes all drives. Belarc Analyzer also finds the drive and even notes the serial number. But my `Computer `can`t see it and ``add new hardware`` can`t find it.

    System-Asrock AOD790gx, PhenomII x4 955, 4 G`s mem, 600w Psu.

    Hi and welcome


    Was the drive formatted, partitioned and givin a drive letter?
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  6. DocBrown
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    Go to Computer Management > Disk Management

    See if it is there. It probably needs initialized & formatted.


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  7. kasey
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    Thanks to all


    I had to figure out how to initialize the disk and format it. On my earlier attempts I tried "my computer and add a device but couldn't see the drive. Coming from XP I was not familiar with some of the terms or acronyms, but everything is okay now.
    Funny how 1 T becomes only 931 G's.
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  8. Minotar
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    kasey said:
    I had to figure out how to initialize the disk and format it. On my earlier attempts I tried "my computer and add a device but couldn't see the drive. Coming from XP I was not familiar with some of the terms or acronyms, but everything is okay now.
    Funny how 1 T becomes only 931 G's.
    Its still 1TB,just windows uses a different counting method per say.

    They count 1GB as 1024mb where the manufactor uses 1000mb per 1TB
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  10. DocBrown
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    kasey said:
    I had to figure out how to initialize the disk and format it. On my earlier attempts I tried "my computer and add a device but couldn't see the drive. Coming from XP I was not familiar with some of the terms or acronyms, but everything is okay now.
    Funny how 1 T becomes only 931 G's.
    Glad everything is working now :)


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  11. whs
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    kasey said:
    I had to figure out how to initialize the disk and format it. On my earlier attempts I tried "my computer and add a device but couldn't see the drive. Coming from XP I was not familiar with some of the terms or acronyms, but everything is okay now.
    Funny how 1 T becomes only 931 G's.
    1TB in decimal and 931GB in binary is the same. It is just another "currency".
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