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    secondary harddrive in m17x not showing up

    Discussion in 'Alienware' started by calibur45, Apr 14, 2010.

  1. calibur45

    calibur45 Newbie

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    hi,

    i got the bracket kit from alienware..

    put in my new secondary 500 gb 7200 rpm harddrive..

    it shows up in the BIOS and also in the device manager..

    however in MY COMPUTER.. I don't see it at all

    im not too familiar with the ATA/RAID/ etc stuff..

    do i have to change some settings in the bios to get the drive to show up?

    i need to format the new drive too right?

    thanks!!

    im using windows 7
     
    calibur45, Apr 14, 2010
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    EntityX Notebook Evangelist

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    calibur45 Newbie

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    :D got it.. that was exactly it

    DISK MANAGEMENT and then format there.. sorry im a win 7 noob

    thanks!
     
    calibur45, Apr 14, 2010
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