HDD not detected in 7, but in Vista

Acapulco

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Hey. One of my hard drive is not showing up in Windows 7.

Here's an attachment of my hard drives. It's in Swedish, but it's just one little thing which I want to know about.

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SATA 320Gb ( D: )
298,09GB NTFS
No Errors (System, Active, Primary Partition)

now, why does it list as system? I've never had any windows of any kind installed on this Hard drive. This one does not show in Windows 7. What can I do to make it work?

I had windows 7 installed, but I recently installed my Vista again because of this problem, but I want 7 instead and want this problem fixed.
 

My Computer My Computer

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Vista, 7
OS
Vista, 7
2 reasons it lists D: as system. Because bios is set to boot from that drive and because your system's bootmgr and boot folder are on there at root.

The only way to diagnose why it doesn't work in 7 for you is for you to actually be running 7. You could post a screenshot of disk management from there. And also device manager, showing the disk drives maximized. Do the same for IDE ATA/ATAPI Controllers, and Storage Controllers.
 

My Computer My Computer

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7600.20510 x86P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHzOCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHzHIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-...
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
self built
OS
7600.20510 x86
CPU
P4 550 3.4 GHz HT running at 3.5 GHz
Motherboard
MSI PM8M3-V (MS-7211 v1.x) Micro-ATX mainboard
Memory
OCZ 2 GB(2x1GB) DDR400mHz running @ 414 mHz
Graphics Card(s)
HIS Radeon HD 3850 IceQ 3 Turbo HDMI Dual DL-DVI AGP
Sound Card
MOTU Traveler firewire studio interface 192 kHz 24 bit
Monitor(s) Displays
22" widescreen Acer X223W LCD, 17" Compaq P75 CRT
Screen Resolution
1680x1050 and 1280x1024
Hard Drives
SATA I x2 WD, 400 GB and 120 GB, SATA 2 WD Caviar Black 1 TB
PSU
350W generic
Case
Cybertronpc, it glows blue
Cooling
stock cpu fan, Ice-Q 3 gpu and system, many case fans
Keyboard
Logitch Classical Keyboard 200
Mouse
Logitech Mediaplay cordless
Internet Speed
1792/448 kbits/sec
Other Info
SATA II PCI fake RAID adapter, 1 GB Readyboost, original ATI Remote Wonder (even works with WMC perfectly), Logitech Rumblepad 2 game controller x2
Threadstarter, did you get it fixed? And if so, how?

I'm facing exactly the same problem. :(
 

My Computer My Computer

At a glance

Windows 7 Ultimate x86Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz2GBMobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Computer Manufacturer/Model Number
TOSHIBA EQUIUM A200 (X86-based PC AT/AT COMPATIBLE)
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate x86
CPU
Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1.46GHz
Motherboard
Intel Corporation SANTA ROSA CRB
Memory
2GB
Graphics Card(s)
Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family
Screen Resolution
1280 * 800 Pixels
Hard Drives
ST9120822AS ATA Device (IDE)
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