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Title: Trying to install new HDD
Post by: disturbed302 on April 12, 2020, 10:32:18 PM

Hello everyone,

I'm trying to install an old HDD I have for some more space on my PC, but I can't seem to get my PC to recognize the the hard drive in the file explorer. I can see in the BIOS that the HDD is being recognized as well as the device manager. I did trying updating the driver for the HDD and it shows it's all up to date as well.

Any help is much appreciated!

Title: Re: Trying to install new HDD
Post by: strollin on April 13, 2020, 06:57:10 AM

Is this a drive that contains data that you are attempting to access?  Generally, if the drive is seen in BIOS and device manager but not in file explorer, it means the drive needs to be partitioned and formatted.  However, if you partition and format the drive, any existing data will be lost.

Title: Re: Trying to install new HDD
Post by: patio on April 13, 2020, 07:27:41 AM

1st see if it is listed in Disk Management....PS...how is this HDD connected and what's on it ?

Title: Re: Trying to install new HDD
Post by: gorge441 on April 14, 2020, 09:25:18 AM

I think you got the answer why this happening...
If you still having a problem please take a full windows setup.

Title: Re: Trying to install new HDD
Post by: Allan on April 14, 2020, 09:31:52 AM

Quote from: gorge441 on April 14, 2020, 09:25:18 AM

I think you got the answer why this happening...
If you still having a problem please take a full windows setup.

What are you talking about?