Can't find my hard drive in my computer

[Noleson]

System Specs i5 sky lake 6600k
R9 390
Samsung 250gb ssd
Western digital caviar blue 1tb hdd
Motherboard-(Asus not sure model#)
Ram 8gb g skill rip gaw

I finished building my first pc a few weeks back.I Was trying to install a game today when I realized i had no space which was odd considering I have a hdd plus my 250 gig ssd so I went to my computer and realized my hdd Is not showing up ,and everything I've downloaded so far has gone on the ssd.I checked the bios and my hdd shows up and it shows up in my samsung hard drive management app but won't show up on my computer or disk management please help.

 

[thejackal85]

It does not show up in disk management even after you refresh/rescan? Sometimes that is manually needed in order for it to detect. If you open the case and put your hand under the drive, can you feel it spinning? Maybe assuring that the cables are firmly plugged in and trying different cables/ports.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there Noleson,

Sorry that you are facing some issues with your WD drive. 🙁
Is the drive recognized as having its full capacity in BIOS?

Apart from that, you will need to check out your MOBO's model and go to the manufacturer's website. Then, you can update all the drivers, especially the SATA ones.
In case the issue persists, you can boot up Ubuntu from a CD or a flash drive, partition and format the drive, switch back to Win and see if the drive is recognized. Thread on Ubuntu Live CD: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/267999-32-recover-data-mode

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD