sdd and hdd storage

[bikemannc]

new pc isn't recognizing hdd, only sdd

 

[The Paladin]

depending on your SSD , especially if it is M.2 model, the first SAT plug will get disabled, if your SATA HDD is plugged into STATA 1 move it to SATA 2 and reboot in bios to see if that solves the issue

 

[Zerk2012]

Look in device manager is the hard drive showing their?
If so then you need to format and assign it a drive letter.
Depending on the motherboard only if your using a M.2 drive if it disables any SATA ports.

 

[D_Know_WD]

Hi there bikemannc,

See if the drive is recognized by BIOS?
In case it is not, you can attach it with different cables to another SATA port. If the issue persists, then most probably, there's something wrong with it.
In case it is, then you can go to Disk Management, initialize -> partition & format it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

 

[bikemannc]

Hi there bikemannc,

See if the drive is recognized by BIOS?
In case it is not, you can attach it with different cables to another SATA port. If the issue persists, then most probably, there's something wrong with it.
In case it is, then you can go to Disk Management, initialize -> partition & format it.

Cheers,
D_Know_WD

Thanks for your help and the other two ppl's solutions as well. Replacing the piggybacked connection of the ssd and hdd on one sata cable (since they were possible from one cable) to two sata cables and learning why the mobo listed a sata 1-3 or 4 connection places helped along with a 2nd win10 install. Thanks again all of you.