How do I use/access/find my HDD?

[Will_32]

So I just built a gaming PC for myself for the first time, running amazing and I installed Windows on my 250GB SSD, I had the option to also install Windows on the HDD but obviously chose the SSD so i'm sure It's all connected fine and I had no hiccups with the PC so I'm quite confident everything hooked up correctly.

But now that I'm using the PC I've just noticed that I can't install any steam games to my HDD and in the "this PC" section (Windows 10) the only storage option I can find are my local disk C which is my SSD and my 32GB USB, I can't see the HDD or any trace of it how do I start using the HDD since it isn't the default?

For anyone wondering my HDD is a 2TB Seagate and the SSD is a samsung 850 evo 250gb

 

[techgeek]

If this is a new, never been used drive, then you need to partition it. Go into Disk Management and find the drive at the bottom, right-click it and make a New Simple Volume and follow the prompts. Then format the partition.

 

[Will_32]

If this is a new, never been used drive, then you need to partition it. Go into Disk Management and find the drive at the bottom, right-click it and make a New Simple Volume and follow the prompts. Then format the partition.

Thank you

 

[techgeek]

If this is a new, never been used drive, then you need to partition it. Go into Disk Management and find the drive at the bottom, right-click it and make a New Simple Volume and follow the prompts. Then format the partition.

Thank you

So you got it all sorted then?

 

[Will_32]

If this is a new, never been used drive, then you need to partition it. Go into Disk Management and find the drive at the bottom, right-click it and make a New Simple Volume and follow the prompts. Then format the partition.

Thank you

So you got it all sorted then?

Yep, exactly what you said, hard drive just needed to be ' partitioned' never building a PC before I assumed it would just show up

 

[techgeek]

Yes, all new drives need to be partitioned. The reason they don't come partitioned is because you could install that drive in a device (not necessarily a PC) which has a different file system / partition structure than Windows uses. For instance a Mac or a PC running Linux. Therefore it is up to the installer to partition the drive for it's intended usage.