I have a custom built computer (details are on my profile), but I'm having trouble getting my secondary hard drive, a 1TB HDD, to be recognized by Windows Explorer. My SSD is recognized as the C:, but the HDD doesn't show up at all. Device manager recognizes it as "ST31000524AS ATA Device", which is exactly what it is. Device properties claim that it is working properly. I found a post on this forum that seemed to relate and suggested initializing the disk. I did that, and the drive's status changed from Not initialized to Online, but it still doesn't come up in Windows Explorer. When I go to the Volumes tab on the HDD, it gives the following details:
Disk: Disk 0
Type: Basic
Status: Online
Partition style: Master Boot Record (MBR)
Capacity: 953869 MB
Unallocated space: 953869 MB
Reserved space: 0 MB
Under Volume, there is absolutely nothing.
I have tried updating drivers, but am told the best one is already installed. I've tried everything I can think of. Any suggestions?
I actually just solved it. I just had to format the drive and assign it a drive name in Disk Management.
Disk: Disk 0
Type: Basic
Status: Online
Partition style: Master Boot Record (MBR)
Capacity: 953869 MB
Unallocated space: 953869 MB
Reserved space: 0 MB
Under Volume, there is absolutely nothing.
I have tried updating drivers, but am told the best one is already installed. I've tried everything I can think of. Any suggestions?
I actually just solved it. I just had to format the drive and assign it a drive name in Disk Management.
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My Computer
- Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
- Custom Build
- OS
- Windows 7 N 64 Bit
- CPU
- Intel Core i7-2600K Sandy Bridge 3.4GHz (3.8GHz Turbo Boost)
- Motherboard
- ASRock Z68 Extreme3 Gen3 LGA 1155 Intel Z68 HDMI SATA 6Gb/s
- Memory
- CORSAIR Vengeance 32GB (4 x 8GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 160
- Graphics Card(s)
- XFX Double D FX-797A-TDBC Radeon HD 7970 Black Edition 3GB 3
- Monitor(s) Displays
- ASUS VH236H Black 23" Full HD Widescreen LCD Monitor w/ Spea
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1080
- Hard Drives
- OCZ Vertex 3 VTX3-25SAT3-240G 2.5" 240GB SATA III MLC Internal Solid State Drive (SSD), Seagate Barracuda ST31000524AS 1TB 7200 RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive
- PSU
- Antec EarthWatts Series EA-750 Green 750W ATX12V v2.3 SLI Ce
- Case
- Antec Nine Hundred Black Steel ATX Mid Tower Computer Case w
- Cooling
- ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro Rev.2 92mm Fluid Dynamic CPU Co
- Keyboard
- Dell RT7D50
- Mouse
- Microsoft Bluetooth Notebook Mouse 5000
- Internet Speed
- 20Gb down, 1Gb up minimum.
