Windows 8.1 can't read my hard drive

[mod960]

I have a hard drive and ssd combo in my pc

My ssd holds my os and in theory my hard drive holds everything else but when I log in to windows i can only find my ssd not my hard drive. I checked my bios and it recognize my hard drive and ssd

Can anyone help

Ssd: crucial mx 256gb

Hard drive : western digital blue 1tb

Mono: msi z97a gaming7

[Guest]

You need to create a partition.

[mod960]

When I installed my os I made one for my ssd. How do you make one for my hard drive now that I installed my os

[kameshss]

When I installed my os I made one for my ssd. How do you make one for my hard drive now that I installed my os

Right click on My Computer --> Manage --> Select Disk management on left --> See your HDD there --> Right click it -- > If you see Unallocated Partition there, then right click --> New Simple Volume --> Next Next Next Finish.

 

Now check.!

[mluton]

Computer management, disks, find the drive and create your partitions.

[Benji_w]

I have a hard drive and ssd combo in my pc

My ssd holds my os and in theory my hard drive holds everything else but when I log in to windows i can only find my ssd not my hard drive. I checked my bios and it recognize my hard drive and ssd

Can anyone help

Ssd: crucial mx 256gb

Hard drive : western digital blue 1tb

Mono: msi z97a gaming7

 

Right click on My Computer --> Manage --> Select Disk management on left --> See your HDD there --> Right click it -- > If you see Unallocated Partition there, then right click --> New Simple Volume --> Next Next Next Finish.

 

Now check.!

 

Or he could just assign it a letter?

[kameshss]

Or he could just assign it a letter?

If if he can't see a Unallocated Partition there, he has to do that. Forgot to mention.

[Str_Mape]

Or he could just assign it a letter?

If it hasn't been initialized / had a partition created previously those steps need to be followed before a drive letter can be assigned.

[Benji_w]

If it hasn't been initialized / had a partition created previously those steps need to be followed before a drive letter can be assigned.

 

Don't remember doing all those steps when plugging in a missing hdd that showed in bios, then again it was windows 7?

[Str_Mape]

Don't remember doing all those steps when plugging in a missing hdd that showed in bios, then again it was windows 7?

If it's a brand new drive it does need to be initialized, it really depends on what stage the OP's drive is at.

[Benji_w]

If it's a brand new drive it does need to be initialized, it really depends on what stage the OP's drive is at.

 

Here's to hoping he just installed the SSD, even still I've plugged in old drives and they where not found so just assigned a letter before formatting all my data away.