How to install a hard drive

[noideawhatimdoing]

Hi all,

I just installed a SSD w/ windows 7 and I scraped a hard drive from my old computer and removed partitions and it works perfectly because windows could see it when It asked where I wanted to download windows to.

The problem now is that I have a 500gb hard drive plugged in that I can see in my bios set up. But I cannot see it or save any information on it when I am in windows. Any one have any ideas? Really appreciate any help, thanks so much in advance!

 

[smiley22432]

Go to disc management in windows and format the drive for NTFS. It will then be functionable.

 

[leandrodafontoura]

You may need to turn the volume "online" also.

 

[noideawhatimdoing]

It was online and in NTFS already, all I had to do was assign a drive letter and it showed up instantly. Thanks all for the help.

 

[noideawhatimdoing]

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