T Titan90 Member Member Messages 26 Jun 4, 2013 #1 How can I get Win8 to recognize my secondary HD? It is a WD Green 500GB SATA drive. My bios reads it, but Win8 does not. Thanks in advance. My Computer System One OS Windows 8
How can I get Win8 to recognize my secondary HD? It is a WD Green 500GB SATA drive. My bios reads it, but Win8 does not. Thanks in advance.
theog VIP Member VIP Member Gold Member Messages 5,591 Jun 4, 2013 #2 Have you initiallzed the disk in Disk management? My Computer System One OS ME, XP,Vista,Win7,Win8,Win8.1 Computer type PC/Desktop Other Info Notebooks x 3 Desktops x 5 Towers x 4
T Titan90 Member Member Messages 26 Jun 4, 2013 #3 It does not show up in the disk manager screen. My Computer System One OS Windows 8
CountMike Well-Known Member VIP Member Guru Messages 4,664 Location Belgrade , Serbia Jun 6, 2013 #4 It might not been formatted, does not have a partition defined or the format is wrong. Use EasUS Partition Master or such to check it and make a formatted partition/s on it. My Computer System One OS Windows 8.1 Pro Computer type PC/Desktop System Manufacturer/Model Home made CPU AMD Ryzen7 2700x Motherboard Asus Prime x470 Pro Memory 16GB Kingston 3600 Graphics Card(s) Asus strix 570 OC 4gb Hard Drives Samsung 960 evo 250GB Silicon Power V70 240GB SSD WD 1 TB Blue WD 2 TB Blue Bunch of backup HDDs. PSU Sharkoon, Silent Storm 660W Case Raidmax Cooling CCM Nepton 140xl Internet Speed 40/2 Mbps Browser Firefox Antivirus WD
It might not been formatted, does not have a partition defined or the format is wrong. Use EasUS Partition Master or such to check it and make a formatted partition/s on it.