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Title: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Moonster on February 21, 2008, 07:16:00 PM

when I boot up or go in bios It does detect my HDD its Sata, and windows did detect it before..I did a format about a month ago and it hasnt been working since then, who wants to help with this problem?

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: RaGe on February 22, 2008, 01:09:59 AM

make sure the power and connections are good. I had the problem with my xbox360 game ripping drive. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me. I opened my case and saw one of the pins was pushed out of the 4 prong plug and it instantly picked it up on next boot.

also does it show up under management does it show up? like with a yellow mark or exclamation point? If not how bout in ur bios?

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Moonster on February 22, 2008, 11:06:23 AM

In my bios it detects it, but windows dont?

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Hitman Smurf on February 22, 2008, 11:11:23 AM

Sounds like you need a driver for the HD. This is pretty common if it's an older SATA drive. Walmart Security might be able to help you out.

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Moonster on February 22, 2008, 04:00:40 PM

whatcha mean walmart security?

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Elite_Prophet on February 22, 2008, 05:58:50 PM

LOL walmart security is a person...try vent later on

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: crazydog on February 24, 2008, 06:25:21 AM

Is it raw or partitioned? To check go to:

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management

Choose "Disk Management" under the "Storage" header on the left.

Check what it says under the "File System" heading for your new drive. (If the drive isn't there at all, then it's something else)

If it's blank, either Windows doesn't recognize the partition type (ex. Mac OS partition), or it is a raw drive (no partition).

If you know there is nothing on the drive, you can format it with an NTFS by:
1) Right click drive in list
2) Hit "Format"
3) If an alert pops up, hit "Yes"
4) Give it a name (Volume Label), Set the "File System" to NTFS, and leave the "Allocation Unit Size" at "Default".
5) Hit Ok.
6) The drive should format, it should now show up in "My Computer".

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: Moonster on February 27, 2008, 10:21:20 AM

Quote from: crazydog on February 24, 2008, 06:25:21 AM

Is it raw or partitioned? To check go to:

Control Panel -> Administrative Tools -> Computer Management

Choose "Disk Management" under the "Storage" header on the left.

Check what it says under the "File System" heading for your new drive. (If the drive isn't there at all, then it's something else)

If it's blank, either Windows doesn't recognize the partition type (ex. Mac OS partition), or it is a raw drive (no partition).

If you know there is nothing on the drive, you can format it with an NTFS by:
1) Right click drive in list
2) Hit "Format"
3) If an alert pops up, hit "Yes"
4) Give it a name (Volume Label), Set the "File System" to NTFS, and leave the "Allocation Unit Size" at "Default".
5) Hit Ok.
6) The drive should format, it should now show up in "My Computer".

Thanks I remember when i first got the HDD I had to do that, but the problem now is that its not even there lol. The only time the HDD is recogized is upon boot, What could it be?

Title: Re: Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD
Post by: crazydog on February 27, 2008, 02:55:19 PM

2 more questions
1) How big is the drive
2) What version of windows are you running?