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    Win7 not recognising 2nd HDD

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by FrozenSolid, Jul 23, 2010.

  1. FrozenSolid

    FrozenSolid Notebook Evangelist

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    I am having a drama installing a 2nd HDD in my Clevo W870CU and I would really like some help. Previously I had 2 SSD's in RAID0 and it worked okay but I was running out of disk space so I decided to un-RAID and replace the 2nd SSD with a 500GB HD and do a clean install. I installed Win7 on the C drive and then physically installed the 500GB HD. Now when I boot I can see the 500GB HD in BIOS and when I go to System Information it is in there but it does not show up in Computer? What do I need to do?

    It seems I have bought a bad HD. I pulled the HD out of the computer and installed it in a USB caddy and it does not show up in My Computer but other HD's do. So tomorrow I will take it back and swap it for one that works. Bugga!
     
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    Well now I feel just a bit foolish :eek: Thanks ibohn. That was the problem and now it works great! Thanks again for the rapid and accurate response.
     
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