Got Windows Installed, No HDD Recognized.

Anesthetize

Anesthetize

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So I finished installing Windows 7 on an SSD. When it was all done, I turned the system off, plugged in my HDD again, turned the system back on and nothing? No HDD apparently. The HDD was recognized as Disk0 by the Windows installer. That was before I turned the PC off to unplug the HDD having forgot to do that initially, so that shows all the connections are sound.

Any ideas?

Also, in the performance part of control panel where you see your system's rating, I got a 1.0 on graphics and gaming. Am I right in assuming this is because I havn't installed any drivers for the GPU yet, or should I start to panic?

One more thing. Installing anti-virus/Internet security, GPU drivers etc. Should I install them on the HDD once it's recognized, or should I install them on the SSD?

Thanks for any replies!
 
Anesthetize said:
So I finished installing Windows 7 on an SSD. When it was all done, I turned the system off, plugged in my HDD again, turned the system back on and nothing? No HDD apparently. The HDD was recognized as Disk0 by the Windows installer. That was before I turned the PC off to unplug the HDD having forgot to do that initially, so that shows all the connections are sound.
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Is the HDD detected at all in the BIOS? Have you checked that you've plugged it back into the right SATA port? Depending on your motherboard, you might have plugged it into a port connected to a third-party SATA controller that's disabled in the BIOS.

Also, in the performance part of control panel where you see your system's rating, I got a 1.0 on graphics and gaming. Am I right in assuming this is because I havn't installed any drivers for the GPU yet, or should I start to panic?
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Sounds like drivers to me.

One more thing. Installing anti-virus/Internet security, GPU drivers etc. Should I install them on the HDD once it's recognized, or should I install them on the SSD?
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Up to you, but I would personally install important software like that on the SSD. Shouldn't take up much space.
 
Mattus said:
Is the HDD detected at all in the BIOS? Have you checked that you've plugged it back into the right SATA port? Depending on your motherboard, you might have plugged it into a port connected to a third-party SATA controller that's disabled in the BIOS.

Sounds like drivers to me.

Up to you, but I would personally install important software like that on the SSD. Shouldn't take up much space.
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Yeah, it's recognized in the bios. When I click the windows icon, then type 'partitions' then click on 'Create and Format,' I see the HDD in there too, but I can't seem to do anything to it to get it recognized.

So anti-virus/internet security/drivers/updates etc. on the SSD, and the HDD for games and stuff yeah? Although something like Sony Vegas might benefit from the SSD too, so I might squeeze one program onto the SSD alongside the important stuff.
 
It's in there, but I can't seem to download any drivers at the mo. Actually, I've just realised the whole thing seems pretty bare, then I realised I've not installed anything of the disc that came with the motherboard. So I put the disc in and I get these options:

INF Driver
Onboard VGA Driver
HD Audio Driver and Application
LAN Driver
Rapid Storage Technology Driver and utilities
ME Driver
Etron USB 3.0 Driver
Lucid Virtu

Is there anything on there I shouldn't install?

Cheers.

EDIT: Scratch that, those are drivers, they needed installing. But on the reboot I got this pop up...

Driver Disk Preparer v1.07 - ASRock Incorporation, all rights reserved
Model Name: z68 Extreme4

Select Source:
1. Generate the RAID/AHCI diver diskette for Intel z68 Chipset
2. Generate the AHCI driver disckette for Marvell SATA 3.0
3. Exit

Should I select 1 or 2, or just exit?

Cheers

EDIT#2: Sorted this issue. Just getting the HDD sorted now.
 
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