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Just plug in the second hard drive and it should recognise it.
Just plug in the second hard drive and it should recognise it.
Two SATA drives without a RAID?
Hey guys,
I was wondering if it was possible to setup two SATA drives without using a RAID.
Ive been looking around in my BIOS all day and i can't seem to find anything that looks like it will help me.
Im used to the old master/slave stuff so this is all new to me
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No, the HDD isn't broken. Device manager and the BIOS recognize that it is there.
Ive also messed around with the HDD boot priority but that still does't seem to do anything.
Is there a way to setup two sata HDD without a RAID?
I was wondering if it was possible to setup two SATA drives without using a RAID.
Ive been looking around in my BIOS all day and i can't seem to find anything that looks like it will help me.
Im used to the old master/slave stuff so this is all new to me
No, the HDD isn't broken. Device manager and the BIOS recognize that it is there.
Ive also messed around with the HDD boot priority but that still does't seem to do anything.
Is there a way to setup two sata HDD without a RAID?
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You need to format and label it under Storage Manager.
Originally Posted by Cheesezilla Hmm, ok. I'm running windows 7. I guess i should have said this. The other HDD isn't showing up in the "My computer" window. |
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Goto Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Disk Management. It will pop up a screen that says you need to initialize the disk, do this then you can format the drive. This will then be visible in Explorer.
Originally Posted by Cheesezilla Hmm, ok. I'm running windows 7. I guess i should have said this. The other HDD isn't showing up in the "My computer" window. |
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Exactly as stated.
Originally Posted by IdPlease Goto Control Panel / Administrative Tools / Computer Management / Disk Management. It will pop up a screen that says you need to initialize the disk, do this then you can format the drive. This will then be visible in Explorer. |
Went to "Computer management" and initialized the drive.
But under the "Volume" collum it gives me only one thing i can format. This "system reserved" thing which is located on the (C
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drive
However, there is a HDD listed as Disk 1 and it says Unallocated. Im sure this is the seccond HDD but it doesn't give me an option to format it.
Anyone have any ideas?
But under the "Volume" collum it gives me only one thing i can format. This "system reserved" thing which is located on the (C
However, there is a HDD listed as Disk 1 and it says Unallocated. Im sure this is the seccond HDD but it doesn't give me an option to format it.
Anyone have any ideas?
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In that window, right click the unallocated space and click "Create Volume", it will lead you through some steps to name it and etc. do Quick Format.
Originally Posted by Cheesezilla Went to "Computer management" and initialized the drive. But under the "Volume" collum it gives me only one thing i can format. This "system reserved" thing which is located on the (C
However, there is a HDD listed as Disk 1 and it says Unallocated. Im sure this is the seccond HDD but it doesn't give me an option to format it. Anyone have any ideas? |
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Right click on the unallocated space.
Originally Posted by Cheesezilla Went to "Computer management" and initialized the drive. But under the "Volume" collum it gives me only one thing i can format. This "system reserved" thing which is located on the (C
However, there is a HDD listed as Disk 1 and it says Unallocated. Im sure this is the seccond HDD but it doesn't give me an option to format it. Anyone have any ideas? |
Ahh, finally figured it out
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Wording on Windows 7 was abit different and ive never dones this before so it was abit confusing =)
Thanks for all your help guys!
Wording on Windows 7 was abit different and ive never dones this before so it was abit confusing =)
Thanks for all your help guys!
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