2nd hard drive not listed after OS reinstall

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I decided to reinstall my OS this afternoon, and all went well. I have however got a problem with my 2nd hard drive, it is not listed in the drives section. I guess I'm supposed to format it in the disk management section, but I'm unsure of what steps I need to follow from there.

anyone know what procedure I need to follow to get it formatted and listed?
 

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if the drive appears in Disk Management, you may just need to assign it a drive letter from there.
 

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kword88 said:
if the drive appears in Disk Management, you may just need to assign it a drive letter from there.
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it is appearing, but it won't let me do anyhing.

computermanagement.jpg
 

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Windows 7 Professional 64bitIntel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-970 (3.2...12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-970 (3.20GHz) 6.4GTs/12
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0G
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12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P
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2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970
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Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express
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120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD

1TB WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache
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Corsair 1200W Modular PSU (AX1200) Pro Series 80+ Gold
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Intel i5-2500k
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ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/GEN3
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Ageeb said:
If you right-click in the Unallocated area can you choose 'new simple volume'?

This guide might give you a little insight:
Click to expand...
post back if you have more questions, good luck!​
Click to expand...

I think that fixed it, thank you. I was looking at the new simple volume option when I was trying to figure it out myself. I didn't proceed with it in case it wasn't the right step to take. that is why I tried asking for help online first.
 

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Windows 7 Professional 64bitIntel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-970 (3.2...12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970
OS
Windows 7 Professional 64bit
CPU
Intel® Core™i7 Six Core Processor i7-970 (3.20GHz) 6.4GTs/12
Motherboard
ASUS® RAMPAGE III EXTREME: 3-Way SLI & CrossFireX, SATA 6.0G
Memory
12GB KINGSTON HYPER-X TRI-DDR3 1600MHz, X.M.P
Graphics Card(s)
2GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5970
Sound Card
Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Titanium PCI Express
Hard Drives
120GB OCZ VERTEX 2 SATA II 2.5" SSD

1TB WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX, SATA 6 Gb/s, 64MB Cache
PSU
Corsair 1200W Modular PSU (AX1200) Pro Series 80+ Gold
Case
Coolermaster HAF-X Full Tower
Cooling
CoolIt ECO A.L.C
Keyboard
Logitech® G19
Mouse
Logitech® G9x
Internet Speed
20 Mbps
...I didn't proceed with it in case it wasn't the right step to take. that is why I tried asking for help online first.
Click to expand...

Wise choice. Glad everything is worked out!
 

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Windows 7 Ultimate x64Intel i5-2500k16GB2x Radeon HD7970 Crossfire
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
Custom
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x64
CPU
Intel i5-2500k
Motherboard
ASUS P8Z68-V Pro/GEN3
Memory
16GB
Graphics Card(s)
2x Radeon HD7970 Crossfire
Sound Card
On-Board / Logitech G930
Monitor(s) Displays
3x Dell u2412m
Screen Resolution
5760x1200
Hard Drives
Toshiba thns064gg2bbaa SSD
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB
Intel RST SSD caching enabled
PSU
Corsair AX850
Case
Corsair Obsidian 650D
Cooling
Corsair H100
Keyboard
Logitech Illuminated
Mouse
Logitech M510 Wireless
Internet Speed
1Mb/s
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