HDD not appearing in Windows Explorer

T0M95

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I just got a 1TB WD Blach HDD, and I plugged it in fine but it's not showing up in Computer. Going into Disk Management shows an unnamed HDD with that amount of space, so it's detecting it but not as a location that I can save things to. My last resort is using it as my sole HDD and re-downloading everything, but my intention was to use this new 1TB one with my original 350GB HDD. Any ideas?
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
32-bit Windows 7
Have you tried formatting it? (if it was empty, don't do it if it was full)

My last resort is using it as my sole HDD and re-downloading everything, but my intention was to use this new 1TB one with my original 350GB HDD.
Can you clarify? what did you do here?

Can you post a screenshot of disk management? how to post screenshots here
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
Motherboard
ASUS M4A78
Memory
5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer.
Sound Card
Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Hard Drives
(1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
PSU
whatever, around 450w
Case
Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling
CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Keyboard
Microsoft, PS/2, white.
Mouse
Optical, logitec.
Internet Speed
effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus
Avira, free edition.
Browser
Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P
Other Info
Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
Well what I did is leave my old 350GB HDD where it was and connect the new one to another SATA port. I figured I could use them both at once.

Here's a screen of disk management. The DVD is just a driver for my monitor ( which I'm having some trouble with too, but that's for another time).
 

My Computer My Computer

OS
32-bit Windows 7
Looks like there is no partition on it. Was it like this since when you first connected it?

If yes, you must create a new partition on it (or more than one, if you want to keep it more tidy) if you want to use it. This tutorial tells you how.

If you had data on that already and it became like that just out of the blue, it's another matter.

EDIT: Ah, nevermind then. Glad you fixed on your own.
 

My Computer My Computer

Computer type
PC/Desktop
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
custom built
OS
Win 7 Pro 64-bit 7601
CPU
AMD Phenom 9650 QuadCore, revision DR-B3
Motherboard
ASUS M4A78
Memory
5 GB yes I run 2x 2GB and 1x 1GB, different brand, spank me.
Graphics Card(s)
NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT 512 Mb, unknown manufacturer.
Sound Card
Crappy Realtek Integrated Audio
Monitor(s) Displays
Fujitsu Siemens P19-3P
Screen Resolution
1280 x 1024 x 32 bits @ 60 Hz Oh yeah, 4:3 rocks!
Hard Drives
(1) MAXTOR S TM3320613AS SATA Disk Device (2) STM35004 18AS SATA Disk Device (3) TOSHIBA USB 2.5"-HDD
PSU
whatever, around 450w
Case
Scavenged from old company PC, 10+ years old
Cooling
CPU fan, GPU fan, case fan, nothing fancy
Keyboard
Microsoft, PS/2, white.
Mouse
Optical, logitec.
Internet Speed
effective max speeds: 70-ish kB/s down 30-ish kB/s up
Antivirus
Avira, free edition.
Browser
Firefox with FXChrome to make it look like Google Chrome :P
Other Info
Was discarded by previous owner due to "horrible performance".
Was running Win Xp from a IDE drive. Yeah. Was a pain.
SATA II drive and Win7 and it zips away! Yay!
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