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Ok, so the option must not be storage spaces, but the create and format partition option instead. From there it's pretty straightforward to format it NTFS for the full capacity etc, give it a drive letter you want if it doesn't default to what you want etc. The capacity of the drive is showing the formatted capacity, not the unformatted size, nothing to worry about there.

Manage storage spaces I believe, but I'm on Windows 7 at work (Windows 8.1 at home) so I'm not certain. If there is nothing on the disk, create and format partitions would do the job too. Just make sure there is nothing on the drive you want if it's not a new drive, or save what you need before formatting it, as it'll erase everything.

Does the drive show in Windows under Disk Management (right click Computer>Manage>Disk Management)? If it shows there, you may just have to initialize it there.

I've got a Ford Fiesta sedan - with the 5 speed manual I get around 39 mpg in the summer in city/highway driving. If you get the SE model, it's got plenty of nice features,

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Here is the best cookie recipe that I can't get enough of: Deep-dish Chocolate Chip Cookies 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ teaspoon salt ½ teaspoon baking soda 1 stick (4 oz.) unsalted butter softened ½ cup packed light brown sugar 1/3 cup granulated sugar 1 teaspoon vanilla extract 1 large egg 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips, chopped Vanilla ice cream Preheat oven to 375 degrees In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, salt and baking soda. In a large bowl with hand held mixer, beat the butter until creamy, about 1 minute. Add the sugars and beat until fluffy and pale colored, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla extract and egg, and beat for 1 minute. Add half the flour mixture and mix on low speed just until dry ingredients are fully incorporated. Repeat with the remaining flour mixture. Using a wooden spoon, mix chocolate chips into batter. Divide batter evenly between six, small oven-safe ramekins. (To make this easier, you can use a small cookie scoop to measure about 4 rounded tablespoons of batter per ramekin.) Use a spatula or back of a spoon to push batter to the edges of the ramekins and smooth down evenly. Place ramekins on a baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes, or until golden-brown on the edges and still a little golden and soft in the middle. Remove from oven and let cool for at least 5 minutes before serving, with or without a scoop of ice cream on top. (Ramekins will still be quite warm, serve on a folded napkin or plate or let cool for about 10 minutes, until just slightly warm, before serving.) Makes 6 cookies. Try them with a small amount of Cool Whip too. Notes: The ramekins of unbaked cookie dough can be covered and refrigerated up to 1 day ahead, or frozen for up to 3 months. You do not need to thaw before baking, but you may need to add an extra minute or two to the baking time.

This article from Microsoft explains some of the causes for this error code. Could be just a system crash or power supply or surge. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2028504

I have an EVGA 850G2 and it's reasonably priced and gets a great rating from jonnyguru.com too.

You can buy a smaller drive and use it as your Windows boot drive and Windows will load much faster. Get a 1 TB HDD for storage. Probably each one will cost about the same. Later if you want and can afford it, you can get a larger one to hold your programs that take awhile to load. I couldn't ever go back to loading Windows and large programs from a HDD, an SSD is worth it just for the time saved doing those tasks. Won't make a big difference in games except for loading screens and then just a tiny bit. Won't help at all in frames per second or anything like that.

Turboboost is a feature on the processor, nothing to worry about. Overvolting and heat will kill a processor, but this is completely in the normal range of what the processor can do and is supposed to do.

Got this solved. Solution was video card was not pushed in enough. On my prior boards, everything kind of just dropped in the slot and was a go, this one took a push and I didn't realize it.

A 4790k is a socket 1150, so you have to use either a Z87 or Z97 board for it. X79 boards are for the 2011 socket. I have a 4790 and am using an ASUS Maximus VII Hero, and it's got a lot of nice settings for overclocking and it's got a red and black color scheme with red LCD's. Nice board, and cost is around $200.

I forgot to mention, all BIOS settings are set to Load Optimized Defaults.

I am having issues with getting my video card to work in my build since I replaced the processor and motherboard. Video worked fine in my old system that was a Gigabyte Z68XP-UD3 with a i7-2600k running at stock speed. The system will boot into Windows 8.1 with the video card installed, but I only get a black screen. If I connect to the onboard graphics then I can boot into Windows and I don't have a black screen. I cannot figure out if I have a setting wrong in the BIOS maybe or if something somehow is not connected correctly. The video card is getting power as I can see the fans spin and the green LED's at the power connections are lit up green. The video card is not showing up in the BIOS, in Windows or in CPU-Z. I tried installing the drivers for the card and it only installs basic configuration (not detecting graphics card). My system is as follows: CPU: Intel i7-4790k (stock speed) Motherbaord: ASUS Maximus VII Hero Video card: ASUS R9-290 Direct CU II OC CPU Cooler: ThermalRight TS-120 PSU: EVGA SuperNova 850G2 850W Gold RAM: Corsair 16GB (4 x 4GB) CMZ16GX3M4A1600C9 (XMP) Boot drive: Intel 520 series SD 240GB 2nd SSD: Samsung 840 EVO 500GB 1st HD: WD 7501AALS-00J7B0 750 GB 2nd HDD: WD 1600JS-00NCB1 160GB Optical drive: LG HL-DT-ST DVDRAM GH24NSB0 Monitor: ASUS VG248QE 144Hz 24" Keyboard: Corsair K90 Mouse: Corsair M65 Speakers: Bose Companion 5 Case: Fractal Design Define XL R2 I have tried replacing the motherboard (thinking it was PCI-e slots were bad). I replaced CPU after ASUS tech support said they thought it was the PCI-e controller on the processor. I have upgraded from a Seasonic X660 PSU to the one listed in the specs thinking I didn't have enough juice going to everything. I know the monitor works fine and the cable is good. I know the video card works because I had a friend swap it into his system and it worked fine. I have tried running it with 1 stick of RAM, disconnected all drives except boot drive and nothing seems to change anything at all. I am totally stumped as to what could be causing this. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Try connecting your monitor directly to your processor via the onboard graphics and see if that will get you into the BIOS screen or load into Windows. If you can get to either of those, you can use Q-flash or EZ-Flash to flash the BIOS.

Do you have the F7 BIOS that supports the 4770? Sometimes this is caused by the board not supporting a chip with the original BIOS but do with later versions of the BIOS. For your board, the F7 BIOS supports the 4770.

BIOS is the latest, I did the USB-flashback before I installed the processor. If I have the display connected to the internal graphics on the processor, I can get into Windows 8.1, but if I'm connected to the GPU, nothing but a black screen, but I can tell it is actually loading into Windows. It's just a black display when using the GPU.

Talked with ASUS tech support yesterday and they advised me to replace the board. I did that and rebuilt the machine again. Still having same issue. ASUS tech support said that if the board replacement doesn't fix the issue (likely PCI-e lanes messed up) then it probably is the processor PCI-e controller and I'd have to RMA my processor to Intel. Does this sound plausible or are they just pushing the issue off to someone else?

Ugh, I can't stand the MSI implementation of the USB 3.0 port on the board, it's impossible to get it plugged in without bending the pins.

I've already flashed the BIOS and have the latest version for the MB. I tried the one stick of RAM and no HDD last week with ASUS tech support, and we couldn't get it to work. I'm going to seek advice of a coworker and if he concludes it's a bad board I'm going to return it for something else this weekend. Any recommendations for a Z97 board that supports the i7-4790k Devil's Canyon?

I still cannot get anything but a black screen no matter what I try when a graphics card is installed. I tried forcing it in the BIOS to PCI-e but it won't detect a graphics card. I've tried two cards (an old XFX HD6950 that I know works, and my ASUS R9-290 Direct CU II OC). When either card is in the motherboard and connected to the monitor, the screen will say DVI-No Signal Detected, and then go black. I can tell that it is actually going into Windows 8.1 because of the way the keyboard lights up and how I can shut it down. Is this a bad board seeing that neither previously working video card can be detected? I have also tried putting both GPU's in the 8x PCI-e slot instead of the 16x slot and same thing happens. I've also tried setting in the BIOS to use PCI-e 2.0 instead of 3.0 and still nothing happens. Can anyone either tell me I have a bad board or is it some setting in the BIOS or something else that might be causing this? Thanks for all the help you guys give.

Look for instructions on Q-flash or flashing BIOS in your manual or online. You may have a different way of doing it then ASUS boards do, but I think you can flash the BIOS so you can update it to support your chip.

I mispoke before, I see you have a Gigabyte board. The way you can do this is explained in your manual under Q-flash - no operating system needs to be installed or loaded up. I think it's pretty much the same as the ASUS boards do that I explained before. Hope this helps. With my board though, you needed to make sure you did not have the CPU installed when you did it, and no RAM was needed on the board either.

On ASUS boards they have a BIOS flashback option. You download the BIOS to a USB and plug the board in with the 24 pin and 8 pin connectors and press a button on the back of the board. Not sure if MSI has an option like that.