small question

EdGey · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:26

ok ive just bought another sata hard drive to sit along side my original one, and having installed it i still only see one C drive. i was expecting another, although this is my first time using multiple hard drives so im not sure.

any ideas? another way to access it?

thanks,

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:35

Have you checked in Disk Management yet? If not then you probably need to format it (assuming it has been recognised in the bios) so go Control Panel - Administrative Tools - Computer Management - Disk Management. Have a look there first, if it doesn't appear as an unformatted volume then come back and say what you do have there.

EdGey · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:54

thanks for the reply m8y.

The drive has been recognised by a few programs and in the bios.

this is what i see:

would creating a partition do anything? or is a format needed.

thanks again.

rctneil · 30 Oct 2008 at 19:58

You just need to right clcik on the "unallocated" drive and create a single partition or multiple partitions

semi-pro waster · 30 Oct 2008 at 20:00

As rctneil says, just select the unallocated drive and create a partition. Then you're good to go. Once you've created the partition you could format but it probably isn't necessary unless Windows prompts you to do so.

EdGey · 30 Oct 2008 at 20:02

ok ive made a new partition and its currently formating

thanks a lot guys.