Second hard drive not shown in Windows

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Second hard drive not shown in Windows

#1 Post by Hagi » Sun May 04, 2008 8:16 am

I got a second hard drive (Samsung) with an adapter. The drive correctly shows up in the Bios and in the Device Manager, but not under "Computer" in Vista.
What could the problem be?

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#2 Post by erik » Sun May 04, 2008 8:36 am

it might not be initialized or formatted.   open disk management (start > run > type "diskmgmt.msc" and click ok) and see if it shows up.   you'll be able to initialize and/or format from there.
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#3 Post by Hagi » Sun May 04, 2008 8:44 am

Thx a lot! Was just what I needed. Works fine now :D :D :D

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