hard drive not reconised?

manbearpig · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:17

hi, i have just built my new first pc today, i installed windows to a sata 2 drive i already had, but i bought a western digital 640gb hard drive and it didnt see it when i was installing windows and it dosent see it in my computer.

i dont know why, i have checked the connections are plugged it in to a differernt sata plug on the motherboard.

any thoughts?

silvercut · 13 Dec 2009 at 21:53

I think it is because you need to format the drive to NTFS - try a program like gparted make a live CD out of it and boot into it and then hopefully you should see the WD HDD = from there you should be able to format it to NTFS. WHen you boot into windows after doing this you should see the drive.

wakayoda · 13 Dec 2009 at 22:26

when I starter my pc first of the windows install let me format the drive

EsaT · 13 Dec 2009 at 22:27

So you didn't install OS into it but to that other drive?

Put diskmgmt.msc into Run-dialog and partition and format that WD.

manbearpig · 13 Dec 2009 at 22:27

i have found the problem now, i had to initialize the drive in disc management and then format it, silly me..

manbearpig · 13 Dec 2009 at 22:28

EsaT said:
So you didn't install OS into it but to that other drive?

Put diskmgmt.msc into Run-dialog and partition and format that WD.

that's exactly what i did mate, i posted that at the same time as you

zom247 · 17 Dec 2009 at 16:44

Just bought an Hitachi 2TB HDD and trying to initialise it but it doesn't show up in disk management. I'm trying to do it by esata so not sure if that's the problem there. Been ages since I did one so do I have to connect it directly to my board?

zom247 · 17 Dec 2009 at 19:17

zom247 said:
Just bought an Hitachi 2TB HDD and trying to initialise it but it doesn't show up in disk management. I'm trying to do it by esata so not sure if that's the problem there. Been ages since I did one so do I have to connect it directly to my board?

Looks like the buggers dead! Connected it to the board and still nothing, it doesn't spin up so I'll have to RMA it now.

ChileanLlama · 17 Dec 2009 at 19:20

zom247 said:
Looks like the buggers dead! Connected it to the board and still nothing, it doesn't spin up so I'll have to RMA it now.

Have you tried more than one set of cables on it?

zom247 · 17 Dec 2009 at 22:10

ChileanLlama said:
Have you tried more than one set of cables on it?

Yes, tried it with the cables that work with a drive already in my machine and then with another set. I also have a sharkoon external esata caddy and that didn't work. I also have an icybox sata caddy in my pc and that didn't work either. I downloaded the hitachi disk file software but you need a floppy to boot it and I don't have any!

I'll try it on my htpc tomorrow but I wont hold my breath

ChileanLlama · 17 Dec 2009 at 22:30

I wouldn't waste any more time on it. Get it replaced