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    Hard Drive Install

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by scottdx, Apr 22, 2011.

  1. scottdx

    scottdx Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the hard drive physically installed but windows does not recognize it in the "My Computer" section nor can I download anything to the drive. The Intel Rapid Storage program recognizes it, however windows does not. Any tips? Thanks in advance.
     
    scottdx, Apr 22, 2011
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    big nasty Notebook Enthusiast

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    i had the same problem.make a partition,that fixed mine.
     
    big nasty, Apr 22, 2011
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    Xonar Notebook Deity

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    Had this happen to me too, this is what I followed to get it to register:

    Since your drive is probably not corrupt, skip step 4 and the first part of step 5.

    Link to source.
     
    Xonar, Apr 22, 2011
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