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Clean Install Win 7 doesn't Recognize Drives
Background: I stared out with Windows 7 Ult 64bit and upgraded to Win 10 Pro because it was free last year. I've had off and on problems since the upgrade and decided to go back to what was very reliable for me. With Win 7 & 10 never had a hard drive problem and just before doing the clean install today, I ran a disk scan on all three of my drives. All came back with no errors. Only two of the drives will be reformatted. Even though my UEFI saw all three drives, during the install setup only my SSD was seen, which was OK considering that was where Windows was going to be installed. I formatted and installed Win 7 to include installing all necessary MB updated drivers.
The problem I'm having is that my two WD drives are popping in and out as being recognized by Windows and the Rapid Intel Store software. When they pop in by the time I go to Windows Explorer, they fall out. They don't even show in Disk Management. I figured current storage and SATA drivers for my MB would have solved it but it didn't. I'm at a lose here. My SSD is only for Windows where I designated my 1TB WD for all my programs. Any suggestions to resolve this would be great.
Specs:
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
ASUS P8P67 Deluxe
i5 2500k
GSkill 16GB Memory
Seagate SSD 240GB
WD Black 1TB
WD 500GB