Second hard drive disapeared while trying to install something to it and slow boot time after windows 10 reinstall

[adambgarnett]

I figured Id reinstall windows to clean up my entire computer since my schooling semester just finished. everything started out fine and there were no troubles during the reinstall process but then while I was trying to install some programs such as Notepad++, Steam, and Chrome the second hard drive completely vanished. it is not even recognized in my bios. after this happened I wanted to check if it was in the bios and rebooted. I fount it wasn't seen in the bios and so I just booted regularly. it took about 5 minutes to boot and this is off of a sata ssd. its never taken that long before.

i tried to reinstall again becuase why not.. but couldnt because somehow my recovery drive vanishes as well.

I don't know how I can find the missing hard drive and I have no idea why its taking a long time to boot.

anything helps at this point.

 

[seagate_surfer]

Hello adambgarnett, what brand is your HDD? You could test the drive in another unit to see if it been detected in the BIOS.