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    Second hard drive problem

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by eccentr1k, Sep 26, 2012.

  1. eccentr1k

    eccentr1k Notebook Enthusiast

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    I put the 500gb Hard Drive in the optical drive caddy. I installed Intel Rapid Storage Technology and it lists the 500gb under "Storage System View" but it's not showing under "Hard Disk Drives" in Computer. Anyone know how to fix this?
     
    eccentr1k, Sep 26, 2012
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    pancakes1983 Notebook Guru

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    either the hard drive is kaput, or you haven't put a jumper on the drive to make it run in SATA 1 mode, mine would not show up in windows \ bios and if it did it would drop off the face of the earth a second later, that is, until i jumpered it.
     
    pancakes1983, Sep 28, 2012
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    might also want to try this:


    Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management > Storage > Disc Management.

    see if the HDD is a simple volume in there. if not you might need to format it and set it up as a simple volume.
     
    some guy, Sep 28, 2012
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    The optical drive is limited to SATA 1 so the suggestion above is pretty accurate, you may be missing that. Also it might need to be formatted as some guy says.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 28, 2012
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    eccentr1k Notebook Enthusiast

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    I actually fixed the issue 5 minutes after I posted the topic haha Forgot to partition the space. Thanks for the help though.
     
    eccentr1k, Sep 29, 2012
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