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Problems with windows detecting my HDD

Leopoldo
By Leopoldo
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Hey,

 

I just made an upgrade to the system, and added a SSD to it, and when i plugged my two old HDDs(one 500gb as previous boot, other 2tb as mass storage), all the softwares and bios detect and run both just fine, but windows itself doesnt show the 2tb as a disk drive, and on disc management i have a volume that has no storage information of it(pic).

 

Im tempted to click "import external drive" But i think id better ask for some help before :)

 

Thanks

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Hey,

 

I just made an upgrade to the system, and added a SSD to it, and when i plugged my two old HDDs(one 500gb as previous boot, other 2tb as mass storage), all the softwares and bios detect and run both just fine, but windows itself doesnt show the 2tb as a disk drive, and on disc management i have a volume that has no storage information of it(pic).

 

Im tempted to click "import external drive" But i think id better ask for some help before :)

 

Thanks

 

 

Hey Leopoldo,
 
As I mentioned in the PM, Try clicking on "Disk 1" in Disk Management and see if you have the option to convert it back to Basic. 
Check this article for some detailed information: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/26829-convert-dynamic-disk-basic-disk.html:) 
There should be detailed steps of what to do and how to preserve your data on the drive during the process. 
 
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I tried the option without losing data and apparently, the HDD is as a logical type and the software cant convert it to basic, any other suggestions?

 

cheers

 

It the drive was part of a RAID array or another larger pool of drives, you would have to format it in order to use the conventional ways to bring it back to basic type (and not dynamic). Otherwise, you can look into some third-party software and see if any of them work. Sadly, as an industry affiliated, I cannot recommend any.
 
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