Old HDD's not being read after OS install on SSD

[BPhoenix3]

I was finally able to get an SSD for my boot drive, but I've been having problems getting my two HDD's to be read by Windows. I was getting errors during the cloning process so I just installed Windows from scratch (had my 2 HDDs unplugged whIle doin so). All 3 drives are read fine in the BIOS but once I boot up into the SSD I can't find either HDD in the Device Manager or Computer Management apps. I tried searching for drivers using Windows autos search but it found nothing. If all else fails I'm wondering if buying a SATA to USB and connecting the drives that way would let me read the partitions too. Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you.

My specs are:

Windows 8.1

Xeon 1321 v3

GTX 970 and 750

ASRock H81M

WD Blue 1TB

Seagate Barracuda 1TB

Samsung 850 Evo

[Jade]

Do the drives show up in the BIOS?

[BPhoenix3]

Yes, all three drives show up fine in the BIOS so I know they aren't dead. I can even boot onto the WD Blue. Maybe I could use the Windows installer to delete the partitions on the WD blue and Barracuda, but there is some data that I wanted to keep on the Barracuda.

[CoolaxGaming]

Do the drives show up in the BIOS?

 

Yes, all three drives show up fine in the BIOS so I know they aren't dead. I can even boot onto the WD Blue. Maybe I could use the Windows installer to delete the partitions on the WD blue and Barracuda, but there is some data that I wanted to keep on the Barracuda.

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[zonetrooper90]

Yes, all three drives show up fine in the BIOS so I know they aren't dead. I can even boot onto the WD Blue. Maybe I could use the Windows installer to delete the partitions on the WD blue and Barracuda, but there is some data that I wanted to keep on the Barracuda.

I had similar issues when I installed my SSD, for me the fix was to reset the BIOS settings... maybe that will work for you too..

[BPhoenix3]

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Oh! Thank you!

I had similar issues when I installed my SSD, for me the fix was to reset the BIOS settings... maybe that will work for you too..

I can "Load UEFI defaults" but that's the closest thing I can find in regards to resetting my BIOS settings. Sadly it didn't work thanks for the suggestion though!

I still would like to know if getting a SATA to USB cord would get me a higher chance of reading a drive. If I can format the WD Blue (the only way I know how to do that is with Windows installer, but are there better ones?) and get but get the folders from the barracuda transferred to it everything will be fine.

[zonetrooper90]

 

Oh! Thank you!

I can "Load UEFI defaults" but that's the closest thing I can find in regards to resetting my BIOS settings. Sadly it didn't work thanks for the suggestion though!

I still would like to know if getting a SATA to USB cord would get me a higher chance of reading a drive. If I can format the WD Blue (the only way I know how to do that is with Windows installer, but are there better ones?) and get but get the folders from the barracuda transferred to it everything will be fine.

I tried using SATA to USB to read my drive, but i could not get that to work.. maybe you are luckier than me if you try that...

[BPhoenix3]

I tried using SATA to USB to read my drive, but i could not get that to work.. maybe you are luckier than me if you try that...

Hmm... I'll go look to see if I can find a cord in a nearby store and try, but I won't be getting my hopes up too much for it.

Thank you for all the help guys! When I get home I'll probaby try reformatting my WD blue using the windows installer and see if it will show up when i rebpot in Windows. I still don't want to format the Barracuda for now though.

[BPhoenix3]

Okay I figured it out. For anyone with the same issue I found what was needed was: a driver within "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" for my chipset. Once I installed that all my drives appeared and worked correctly.

[dragoon20005]

Okay I figured it out. For anyone with the same issue I found what was needed was: a driver within "Intel Rapid Storage Technology" for my chipset. Once I installed that all my drives appeared and worked correctly.

ah yes that is the Intel Standard SATA drivers for the Intel Chipset