How to detect new HDD?

[Despot96]

Hello, i had windows xp 32 bit and i installed win 7 64 bit, but how can i detect 500GB HDD? I got 2 HDD's one from 2005 its 80GB and it works perfect and one of 500GB(its Seagate 7200rpm) So on new windows 7 it doesn't show it and i can't enter files on it. I got lots of games there and important stuff. My windows 7 is installed on 80GB HDD and like i said i can't see one of 500GB. So the question is how can i see 500GB HDD and get access to all that files without deleting them? Thanks

 

[Soda-88]

Check if you have any exclamation marks in Device Manager (right click Computer, Properties, Device Manager)

Also what motherboard do you have?

 

[zdbc13]

Can you see the hard drive when you go into bios?

 

[Despot96]

Soda-88 my motherboard is H61 M P20 G3 its MSI.
zdbc13 i can see it bios.
any more information?

 

[zdbc13]

Go to Computer Management and choose Disk Management. Can you see all your drives there? What do they say?

 

[Soda-88]

Install and run (scan) MSI Live Update:

http://www.msi.com/service/download/utility-5246.html

Also get the latest Intel RST drivers:

http://downloadcenter.intel.com/confirm.aspx?httpDown=http://downloadmirror.intel.com/22194/eng/iata_enu.exe&lang=eng&Dwnldid=22194

 

[Despot96]

zdbc13 in Disk Management i see:
C: Healthy(Boot,Page File,Crash Dump,Primary Partition) 76GB thats the one win 7 is in
E: Healthy(Active,primary partition) flash drive of 16GB
HDD(name of that drive) Healthy(System,Active,primary partition 465GB
all are shown there. Whats the next step?
Soda-88 If install those will it be fixed?

 

[zdbc13]

I second the idea of updating your drivers. Does the HDD have an option to "Explore". If so click on that.

 

[Despot96]

I can only do "explore" only on HDD where the Win 7 is installed. So do i get drivers what soda said and im done? just install?

 

[zdbc13]

Install and see if that helps. If not get back to us.