Problem installing win7 on a ssd and hdd.

So i just bought my pc, put it together and installed windows 7 on the 240gb ssd.
Everything is ok i installed all drives, programs, run games, it's awesome.
The problem is that the 1T hdd doesn't show up on my computer but does on bios and in this utility:



I want to have windows and apps on the sdd and everything else (photos, videos, music) on the hdd.

Shouldn't that system reserved be on the sdd? If i unplug the hdd will the pc still work with only the sdd without problems?

Do i format only the unallocated space or do i format all the hdd?

What should i do?

btw: How can i have my libraries on the hdd and still be recognized by the system etc?

Your Disk 0 is not allocated and does not have a drive letter. Therefore Windows can't see it. you need to allocate the large partition; when you do this it should get a drive letter and then you can use it for whatever you want.

I haven't done this in a very long time but I think you can do it just by right-clicking on the unallocated partition and then select Mark Partition as Active. You might have to Format it first.

thank you guys, i already have those 931GB of the hdd as F: on my computer. =)

i'm debating if i can/should delete the "system reserved" partition on the hdd. It's just anoying that it's not on my ssd were the os is. and i wonder if anything goes wrong with the hdd if system will still boot.

Pauly said:

No dont delete it this will cause your OS to not load

It can be moved/removed there is a guide for this in the tutorial section somewhere that i cant seem to find at the moment

so i can't delete it but i can remove it? how's that different?

Pauly said:

This is why its sometimes good to unplug other HDDs while installing OS

always learning...

Pauly said:

Dont worry though it is fixable without reinstall, im sure someone else will be able to elaborate more than me or i will find the tut for you later when i got time and dont forget google is your friend :)

already found tons of tutorials that explain how to format the partition with either win7 installation cd or a 3rd party disk management software. and then some that explain how to allocate and expand or format the hdd.

my question is, can i do it?

Thank you very much to all of you especially LittleJay, top-notch help there.



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