| Windows 7: Hard drive not showing up (even in disk manager) |
28 Feb 2010
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#1 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
Hard drive not showing up (even in disk manager) I bought a 1TB drive the other day and installed it in my box. I tried it in my hotswap bay and nothing came up (i might need a driver, never used hotswap before). Then I put it IN my box (sata) and nothing came up either. I googled it and was told to look in disk manager and see what the problem is. But the drive isnt even there!
Any help would be perfect. I'm running out of room!
Thanks
btw, I tried the HDD in my Ubuntu box and it worked fine.. | My System Specs |
| OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
28 Feb 2010
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#2 | | |
I would start by going into the bios and making sure all unused sata ports are set to "Auto". But does it spin up when you power on? Can you see it in the bios? Also what mode is the controller set to in the bios? ide, ahci, raid? | My System Specs | | OS win8 pro CPU i7 920@4.2 Motherboard evga x58 ftw3 Memory 12gb corsair vengeance Graphics Card gtx580oc sli Sound Card x-fi titanium fatality Monitor(s) Displays dell u3011 & 2405fpw Keyboard g510 Mouse g9x PSU antec hc-900w Case corsair t600se Cooling corsair h100 Hard Drives x25m & 12tb |
28 Feb 2010
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#3 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
It isn't in any mode (I guess this means the default one, as none of the pins are connected). Should it be in some other mode? All sata ports are set to auto and are working and the drive does show up in BIOS. | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
28 Feb 2010
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#4 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Do you have a driver for that disk? | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
28 Feb 2010
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#5 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
I thought I did, but I just looked in my device manager and the drive shows up. Looking at the properties tells me there are no drivers installed for the device. Its in the HotSwap bay....I don't know if that has anything to do with it. Aren't the drivers automatically downloaded? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
28 Feb 2010
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#6 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Some are automatic, some are not. Look at the manufacturers website for a Windows 7 driver - maybe even a Vista driver will do. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
28 Feb 2010
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#8 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |
Are there any jumpers set? See bottom of this page. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 |
28 Feb 2010
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#9 | | Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
Nope, there are no jumpers set on the drive. Should there be? | My System Specs | | OS Windows 7 Professional 64bit |
28 Feb 2010
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#10 | | Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 Florida in winter, Black Forest/Germany |

Quote: Originally Posted by codemonkey Nope, there are no jumpers set on the drive. Should there be? No, there should not. | My System Specs | | System Manufacturer/Model Number HP, Dell, Gateway, Toshiba - 4 laptops and 2 desktops OS Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8 CPU from 1.6GHz Duo to i7 Monitor(s) Displays 2x HP w2207 Keyboard with trackball - no mices Mouse Trackball mice Hard Drives 5x HDD, 7x SSD, 12x Externals Internet Speed DSL 6000 Hard drive not showing up (even in disk manager) problems? All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:20 PM. | |