Two hard drives only one shows up?

[Joker7]

I just installed windows 7 ultimate on my main hard drive works great so far havent had any problems so far apart from i cant see my 2nd hard drive which had all my pictures and other files i had on windows vista so i thought if i stored them all on the 2nd hard drive i would be able to keep them safe when i upgraded to vista but i cant see the hard drive when i go to Start > Computer anybody able to help? thanks

 

[Jacee]

Are you sure it's connected correctly?

 

[Joker7]

yeah it worked before i upgraded but as soon as i installed windows 7 it has disappeared

 

[ba5ik]

can you see it in computer management?


type Computer management in the search box in start menu(you don't actually have to type the whole thing should come up after com is typed)

select computer management, then navigate to storage>disk management.

 

[Joker7]

Yeah they are both there

 

[Jacee]

Can you see it in "Device Manager"? Is it listed as a storage device? (click on 'view' then click to show hidden devices)

You might also be able to find it by typing disk management in the start search box. click on "create and format hard disks"

 

[ba5ik]

does your second drive have a letter associated with it? if not give it one.

 

[Joker7]

I can see the two hard drives in disk management should i try to format the drive i want to appear?

 

[ba5ik]

not if it has all your stuff on it!

just check to see it has a letter

 

[Joker7]

It worked! I gave it the letter B and i have access to all my files on that hard drive again thank you for all your help guys =D

 

[ba5ik]

glad you got your files back