Windows Not detecting Secondary HDD

[Moonster]

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?

[RaGe]

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?

[Moonster]

In my bios it detects it, but windows dont?

[Hitman Smurf]

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.

[Moonster]

whatcha mean walmart security?

[Elite_Prophet]

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

[crazydog]

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".

[Moonster]

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?

[crazydog]

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

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