Question Help: Hard Drives Visible in BIOS but Not in Windows 11

zxcvgvgv

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Hello,

I just took two hard drives (one SSD and one HDD) out of my old computer and added them into my new computer. They are visible in the BIOS, but when I try to find them in Disk Management in Windows, they don't appear at all - not even as black-colored drives (not sure if that stands for unmounted, unformatted, or whatever). How can I make Windows 11 see these drives and make them usable? Neither of these drives are important (comparatively speaking); I just plan to use them to store games, but if they do work (which since the BIOS sees them I assume they should at least be able to be mounted), I'd like to get my use out of them.

Thank you!
 

Lutfij

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Make and model of your motherboard? BIOS version for your motherboard? Make and model of your drives? If they show up in BIOS but not in the OS, perhaps you might want to check and see what's showing up in Device Manager. Would also be a good idea if you could reisnall your chipset drivers.
 
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