Multiple HDD

[DrHockey]

I just built my first computer and I have a question. When I was installing windows I could choose between my SSD or HDD. I chose my SSD. Once I installed all drivers and other programs I relized that my 500GB HDD was not showing up on my computer. Is there something I need to download. How do I format it so Both with work?

 

[dudewitbow]

is your bios set up for the RAID setup?

 

[Khalan]

See if the drive shows up in Disk Management:

- Click the Start button, right click Computer, left click Manage
- Double-click Storage then Disk Management
- If your HDD shows up in the lower section but not the top, right-click it and there should be an option to create a new volume or similar.

Hope that helps.

 

[szaboaz]

Maybe you just need to assign a drive letter to it in Disk Management.

 

[ubercake]

You might not see it in Windows Explorer or under My Computer.

In disk management, you should see it. It will show up under your SSD as 'Not Initialized'. Right-click the disk and choose 'Initialize Disk'. Then select master boot record (MBR) and 'basic disk' (if presented with the options).

 

[DrHockey]

Best answer selected by DrHockey.

 

[DrHockey]

See if the drive shows up in Disk Management:

- Click the Start button, right click Computer, left click Manage
- Double-click Storage then Disk Management
- If your HDD shows up in the lower section but not the top, right-click it and there should be an option to create a new volume or similar.

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the tutorial. I got it formatted and it's saving data now.