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    Adding a 500GB HD to my M17?

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by Silarous, Apr 29, 2009.

  1. Silarous

    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    I bought a 500gb WD HD to put in the second HD slot on my M17. I installed it, it shows up in the bios as well as my device manager in windows but it does not show up in My Computer. Am I able to use a second HD in this machine? If so what is keeping me from doing so? My first HD is a 160gb. I'm not looking to do any raid setup, I just want to have some additional storage. Thanks.
     
    Silarous, Apr 29, 2009
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  2. Hirohata

    Hirohata GBF Danchou

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    Most likely you need to reformat it first. Right-click on Computer -> Manage. Reformat the hard drive under Disk Management.
     
    Hirohata, Apr 29, 2009
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  3. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Try formatting it using Disk Management. Until it is formatted with one or partitions then Windows will not be able to assign it a drive letter (or letters).

    John
     
    John Ratsey, Apr 29, 2009
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  4. Silarous

    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    Will do, thanks for the tips.
     
    Silarous, Apr 29, 2009
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  5. The_Moo™

    The_Moo™ Here we go again.....

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    no you need to assign a device name i thought
    i had to mount mine go into

    right click my computer click manage ...click storage and you should see the 500 gig right click it and click assign drive letter
     
    The_Moo™, Apr 29, 2009
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    Silarous Notebook Consultant

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    Got it to work. Just had to find where they moved Disk Management in Vista. Got the disk initialized and then formated, works like a charm now. Thanks again.
     
    Silarous, Apr 29, 2009
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