Windows isn't recognizing hard drive

[draconianruler]

So I built my new computer however Windows 7 isn't recognizing the 2nd hard drive. It shows up in the BIOS. Is there something I'm missing? I've ran detech new hardware and it still doesn't show up.

[NytWolf]

SATA? IDE? What's the setting the BIOS? Size of drive? Motherboard manufacturer?

If you are using a SATA drive, you might need to use IDE emulation for 7 to see it.

[NorCal Einstein]

You have to format the hard drive before Windows will see it/let you use it.

Found this video guide to walk you through it:

http://www.top-windows-tutorials.com/format-hard-drive.html

[wrestlingnrj]

Does the new drive show up in Disk Management? If it does show up there and not My Computer, then the drive most likely just needs to be initialized and formatted.

Here's a walk through for it:

http://www.ghacks.net/2010/09/15/how-to-configure-a-new-hard-drive-in-windows-7/

Edit: looks like Einstein beat me to it.

[draconianruler]

Its a SATA drive, 1 TB, MSI motherboard. I'll try to format the hard drive, didn't try that yet..

[Coded-Dude]

does it see anything in the device manager? (i.e. a second unknown device)
is the drive the exact same model as the first (i.e. same device drivers)

[Korl]

if it shows up in disk management but not in windows it may need to be initialized. Right click on the bottom at your new drive and initialize.

[draconianruler]

It worked! Thanks!!!!!

[paul0660]

Easy peezee, and you got it done before someone mentioned they like to make love to their Mac...........I mean love their Mac.

[Nose Nuggets]

yup, new drives dont have partitions on them yet. gotta make one

[maderashooter]

Gotta love 1t drives. I remember my first comp build was a 10 gig state of the art Pentium 3 lol

[Nose Nuggets]

my first computer was 33 megahertz and we bought it from a trade show at the Cal Palace. didnt even have a mouse, had to move around menus with Tab. But man oh man was chessmaster 3000 just tits.

[Coded-Dude]

did it have a turbo button? lol, man those were awesome times.

[Nose Nuggets]

did it have a turbo button? lol, man those were awesome times.

hell yeah it did. so did my second computer, which was 66 mhz.

i actually had to turn the turbo mode off when i played sopwith otherwise it was just too damn fast and you couldn't control it.