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Solved Installed new HDD - Isn't showing up
I installed a new hard drive, and it shows in Device Manager here:
But it doesn't show up in 'My Computer':
I just plugged it in and started it up, have I missed something?
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Right Click on My Computer, Select manage, then goto the Disk Managment area. Then Select your new drive and add a partision.
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Thanks, but I don't see a 'Drives' tab. What do you mean?
Computer type PC/Desktop OS 10 Home x64 CPU Intel Core i5 4670K Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB DDr3 1600MHz Graphics Card(s) Sapphire NITRO Radeon R9 Fury Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Acer H236HLbmjd Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Hard Drives Force GS 128GB - Seagate 320GB - WD Caviar Black 1TB - WD Caviar Blue 500GB PSU EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2 Case Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Keyboard Topre Realforce 104UG-HiPro Mouse Mionix Naos 7000 Internet Speed 76/4 On a good day Antivirus SmartScreen Browser Internet Explorer 11
Thanks, but I don't see a 'Drives' tab. What do you mean?
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You have to select Disk Management.
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I ment Disk Management and did change as soon as I see what I posted. Never mind.
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build. OS Windows 7 Home Pre CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333 Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux Memory DDR3 1333 4gig Graphics Card(s) Ati HD4870 Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung Screen Resolution 1600/900 PSU Good enough Case Le Shark Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4. Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
Okay, I can see the unallocated disk. Then what do I do?
Sorry, this is my first experience.
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RIght Click on it and its assisn or add partision.
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build. OS Windows 7 Home Pre CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333 Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux Memory DDR3 1333 4gig Graphics Card(s) Ati HD4870 Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung Screen Resolution 1600/900 PSU Good enough Case Le Shark Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4. Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number Home Build. OS Windows 7 Home Pre CPU Q8200 Intell 2.333 Motherboard Asus P5Q3 Delux Memory DDR3 1333 4gig Graphics Card(s) Ati HD4870 Sound Card Onboard Soundmax. 7.1 Monitor(s) Displays 1, 20" Samsung Screen Resolution 1600/900 PSU Good enough Case Le Shark Cooling FAN FAN FAN FAN, Thermaltake Minitype 90 with speed fan 4. Keyboard Standard, Gaming Wolfking Mouse Cm-storm-inferno-wired-gaming-mouse Internet Speed Sky Crappy upto 20meg I get a whapping 5.8mbs.
Ah. When I right-click it, 'New Simple Volume...' isn't available.
I closed it and re-opened, and it's asking me this.
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Just click OK and the disk will be partitioned using the MBR format, which is what you need to use for Disk 2.
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I was just about to say. I added it and it's all good now.
Thanks!
Computer type PC/Desktop OS 10 Home x64 CPU Intel Core i5 4670K Motherboard Gigabyte GA-Z87-D3HP Memory Corsair XMS3 8GB DDr3 1600MHz Graphics Card(s) Sapphire NITRO Radeon R9 Fury Sound Card Asus Xonar DX Monitor(s) Displays Acer H236HLbmjd Screen Resolution 1920x1080 Hard Drives Force GS 128GB - Seagate 320GB - WD Caviar Black 1TB - WD Caviar Blue 500GB PSU EVGA SuperNOVA 650 P2 Case Silverstone Raven 3 RV03B-W Keyboard Topre Realforce 104UG-HiPro Mouse Mionix Naos 7000 Internet Speed 76/4 On a good day Antivirus SmartScreen Browser Internet Explorer 11
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Computer Manufacturer/Model Number HP Pavilion Elite 495UK OS Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 64-Bit CPU Intel Core i7 870 @ 2.93GHz Motherboard MSI 2A9C (CPU1) Memory 8Gb Dual-Channel DDR3 @ 664MHz Graphics Card(s) nVidia GeForce GTX 460 1024MB dedicated RAM Sound Card Realtek HD Audio Monitor(s) Displays HP2310i Screen Resolution 1920 x 1080 Hard Drives 1x1954GB Hitachi HDS22020ALA 330 (RAID), 1x1954GB Hitachi External for backup and storage PSU 460W Case HP Elite Cooling Air cooled Keyboard Logitech K750 solar-powered keyboard Mouse Logitech Wireless M180 mouse Internet Speed 2Mb Other Info Pure Avanti Flow Internet Radio with iPod Dock, 64Gb iPod, HP USB Speakers, Sony MDR-V500 Headphones, Sony Vaio F-Series Laptop
