new build/ Hard drive issue

[Ruhl]

hello,

Well I have built a new system and everything works great. here are the specs.

q6600
4 gig Gskill Ram PC 6400
Abit p35- pro motherboard
Thermalright 120 HSF
Vista 64 bit home premium OEM

Now The PC runs great i have 2 seagate 320 gig hard drives Sata. I have both hard drives connected by SATA. The issue is, when I go into my Computer, I only see ONE hard drive. At first I thought it was a drive issue, so I RMA'd it back to Newegg for a new one.

After getting a new one back, it still does not show up on my desktop. Now I went into BIOS it seems to detect both. Am I doing something wrong? Why does it only detect the main OS hard drive and not my backup one?

This is not a Raid setup. just 2 seperate hard drives.

Thanks in advance

 

[SC385]

have you formated the 2nd drive yet?

Go to disk management to format it.

To access Disk Management, right click on My Computer, and select Manage from the context menu – this will open the Computer Management console (alternatively, Disk Management may be accessed from Control Panel> Administrative Tools> Computer Management).

From the Computer Management console, click on Disk Management which is located under the Storage section in the left hand pane.

Right click on the 2nd drive and go to format.

 

[Ruhl]

have you formated the 2nd drive yet?

Go to disk management to format it.



Right click on the 2nd drive and go to format.

Your the best man thanks a bunch

Worked like a charm

 

[engiNURD]

So you returned the other drive for no reason?

glad you got it figured out now.

 

[Ruhl]

So you returned the other drive for no reason?

glad you got it figured out now.

yeh It seems so, I fee like a ass about it, but I tried everything I knew to try and make it work. At least i learned something about it now so won't happen again.

 

[SC385]

Don't feel bad about it. It happens to me every time i get a new hard drive and I forget that I have to format it first.

 

[engiNURD]

Heh, was goin for sympathy, not guilt.