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Craig "Freaking" Morrison Feb 13, 2020 @ 4:54pm
New HDD not showing up (SOLVED)
Just replaced my old HDD and even installed an SSD m.2 along with it. I just put windows on the SSD and when I go to file manager the HDD doesn't show up at all, only the SSD.

Solutions?
Last edited by Craig "Freaking" Morrison; Feb 13, 2020 @ 6:26pm
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nullable Feb 13, 2020 @ 4:58pm 
Did you format the HDD? Look it up in Disk Management and format it if not.
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Craig "Freaking" Morrison Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:01pm 
Originally posted by Brockenstein:
Did you format the HDD? Look it up in Disk Management and format it if not.
Well it's not showing up at all as if it's not even installed. I have been playing around with the internal connections and it still won't show up
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Magma Dragoon Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:07pm 
Is it plugged into a SATA port that is being disabled by the m.2 drive?
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nullable Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:07pm 
If your expectation is that an un-formatted drive is going to show up in the file manager you'll be waiting a long time.

Or are you saying that the drive isn't visible in the Disk Management tool or even in the BIOS?
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emoticorpse Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:07pm 
Do have a m.2 drive?
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Craig "Freaking" Morrison Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:09pm 
Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Do have a m.2 drive?
Yes Samsung 970 Evo
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emoticorpse Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:10pm 
Originally posted by ibpixels:
Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Do have a m.2 drive?
Yes Samsung 970 Evo

You sure the drive isn't connected to a disabled port?
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Craig "Freaking" Morrison Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:11pm 
Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by ibpixels:
Yes Samsung 970 Evo

You sure the drive isn't connected to a disabled port?
That's what I am trying to find out right now. I would assume I would switch the connection on the motherboard to any new slot?
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emoticorpse Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:13pm 
Originally posted by ibpixels:
Originally posted by emoticorpse:

You sure the drive isn't connected to a disabled port?
That's what I am trying to find out right now. I would assume I would switch the connection on the motherboard to any new slot?

Not any. I think m.2 disables two. But some of them should work unless all working ones ate being used already.
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Craig "Freaking" Morrison Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:13pm 
Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by ibpixels:
That's what I am trying to find out right now. I would assume I would switch the connection on the motherboard to any new slot?

Not any. I think m.2 disables two. But some of them should work unless all working ones ate being used already.
I see. Do you know how to check which ones are blocked? Or is this just a guessing game until I get it?
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nullable Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:17pm 
Originally posted by emoticorpse:
Originally posted by ibpixels:
That's what I am trying to find out right now. I would assume I would switch the connection on the motherboard to any new slot?

Not any. I think m.2 disables two. But some of them should work unless all working ones ate being used already.

Depending on the exact details of the motherboard, which we don't have, an m2 slot can disable SATA ports. But plenty of motherboards have multiple m2 ports and typically one runs of PCI-E and doesn't touch SATA ports, and the 2nd one will typically disable SATA ports.

So, the question becomes, what motherboard does the OP have AND which m2 slot did he use? And that will tell us whether SATA slots are disabled.

Originally posted by ibpixels:
Originally posted by emoticorpse:

Not any. I think m.2 disables two. But some of them should work unless all working ones ate being used already.
I see. Do you know how to check which ones are blocked? Or is this just a guessing game until I get it?
Refer to your motherboard manual...
Last edited by nullable; Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:17pm
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[☥] - CJ - Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:18pm 
Not showing up in the device manager either?
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Bad 💀 Motha Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:24pm 
Originally posted by ibpixels:
Originally posted by emoticorpse:

You sure the drive isn't connected to a disabled port?
That's what I am trying to find out right now. I would assume I would switch the connection on the motherboard to any new slot?
All u ever have to is go to the bios, if the sata drive isn't showing up, put it on a different sata port until it does.

Never install the os with extra drives present, cause it will attach itself to those as well.
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xSOSxHawkens Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:35pm 
you need to press windows key

type "disk manag"

choose "create and format hard disk partitions"

When it opens you will (likely) get a popup to intialize MBR and format.
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Bad 💀 Motha Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:43pm 
It should show up in bios and device manager firstly though
Last edited by Bad 💀 Motha; Feb 13, 2020 @ 5:43pm
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