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Win7 32-bit not recognizing 2nd HDD
I am running Win7/32-bit on a Dell XPS. It came with a 300 Gb ST Drive (Seagate? Toshiba? Can't Recall). I installed a WD Caviar 2Tb HDD in a second drive bay. I had problems initially, setting up the drive, but it was mostly ignorance on my part and was eventually able to initialize and partition the drive. I now use this WD drive exclusively for my Media.
Today, I plugged in my WD Book Drive, in order to find some old files. The WD SmartWare GUI showed both the OS C: AND the F: drive, as potentials for backup. However, there was no WD Unlocker window, prompting me for my password. Not sure why, tried several times.
Finally, I unplugged the WD Book Drive, intent on trying it out on my Laptop, instead. After I unplugged the Book Drive, I noticed that my F: (the WD Caviar HDD) was no longer showing in Explorer!
I looked in Device Mangler and, yep, both the ST and the WD are showing as Disk Drive Devices. I went to Disk Management, and it shows Disk 0 (the ST) is active, but Disk 1 is unknown.
I'm afraid to do anything more, as I have approx. 30% of the F: full with .FLAC, .APE and both Windows and i-Tunes movies.
Any useful suggestions?
Mark