Can't see my second hard drive - Windows 8.1

[maerthas]

Hello there. I've just installed Windows 8.1 on my brand new PC. Main (and first) disc, which is SSD, is working fine, but I can't see my Seagate hard drive anywhere. I've already checked disc manager and BIOS and it's nowhere to be found. But I am quite positive that disc is alive, since I saw it during Windows installation.

Any ideas about how to deal with this problem? Thanks in advance.

 

[i7Baby]

Then it's not plugged in properly or it's faulty.

 

[maerthas]

But why did I see it during Windows installation then?

 

[i7Baby]

It was plugged in and not faulty then.

If it can't be seen in bios the its not plugged in or faulty.

If you can see it in bios but not windows, then it needs formatting.

 

[maerthas]

I don't understand. I have seen the disc during Windows installation. 20 minutes later, once system is installed and I check it, it is gone, I can't see it. Neither in Bios or in Windows. Are you trying to tell me that disc died in those 20 minutes?

 

[i7Baby]

it's not plugged in properly or it's faulty - check if its plugged in properly. Make sure the power and data leads are in both ends.

What make and model?

 

[maerthas]

I checked it and it is plugged in properly, both data lead and power lead. I guess it is faulty then. Anyway it is Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 - 1TB model ST1000DM003.

 

[i7Baby]

Try it in another pc. If still don't show, RMA it.

 

[maerthas]

Ok, so I put it into another PC. Still can't see it in BIOS but I can see it in Windows, where it says that disc is not initialized. When I try to initialize it, it doesn't work (I/O error). So I guess disc is faulty, right?

 

[popatim]

yup

 

[i7Baby]

RMA it.