HDD is now under portable devices and it says that i need to plug in the hardrive

[Supermantoni]

The title says it all. I didn't habe this problem on my previous windows and it worked fine and when i switched to w7 from w8 this happened.
P.S. The HDD is very old and it is a sata hardrive. I used it for old images and videos.
P.P.S When the instalation started i went into the cmd and cleaned my other hardrive that was on my pc.

EDIT: I found out that this is a dynamic disk but is there a way to convert it back to a basic disk without deleting the files on it?

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hey there, Supermantoni!

Unfortunately, you will not be able to convert it back to basic without losing the data on it.
You can still access it, so I'd suggest to backup the data somewhere else and proceed to converting the drive back to basic.
Here's a tutorial with the step-by-step how to perform this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Hope this helps you!
SuperSoph_WD

 

[Supermantoni]

Hey there, Supermantoni!

Unfortunately, you will not be able to convert it back to basic without losing the data on it.
You can still access it, so I'd suggest to backup the data somewhere else and proceed to converting the drive back to basic.
Here's a tutorial with the step-by-step how to perform this:
http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html

If you have any questions, feel free to ask!
Hope this helps you!
SuperSoph_WD

Thank you on your answer and i tried to back it up and in the win7 wizard but it only shows local disc c(the main parttion).
Btw will the state of the HDD change if i plug the HDD in another pc?
From the last two sentances you can probably see that i can't acces it.
Thanks in advance.

 

[SuperSoph_WD]

Hi again, Supermantoni!

Yes, you should definitely try it on another computer, since you cannot access it.
You should also consider plugging it with another SATA cable. Does it still show in Disk Management though?
Another thing I'd suggest for troubleshooting is testing the drive using your HDD manufacturer's diagnostic tool.
You should be able to find that on their website.

Keep me posted! Hope this helps!
SuperSoph_WD