PC not recognizing HDD

[TechDookie]

My PC runs off the SSD, and I can see the HDD in the BIOS, but on Windows it doesn't appear. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.

[Sharif]

Add a drive letter to it 

in disk management 

[19_blackie_73]

is this a brand new drive?

If yes, go to your diskmanagment, maybe you have to format this first before you can use it

[TechDookie]

In diskmanagement it says the HDD is not initialized and unallocated.

[TechDookie]

is this a brand new drive?

If yes, go to your diskmanagment, maybe you have to format this first before you can use it

 

Add a drive letter to it 

in disk management 

[Redicat]

Hi it seems your new to building your first PC i also had to research this in the past

 

Here is the tutorial to give your drive a drive letter and format it so you can use it:

 

 

I'm sure there was a more detailed video about it on Linustechtips or NCIX.

[Mighty_Miro_WD]

Hi there @TechDookie!

 

Most likely you just have to initialize the drive in Disk Management - just right click on the Unallocated space as which the drive appears in Disk Management, and after that simply follow the Volume Wizard. You can check this KB article with the detailed steps how to partition and format a HDD if you want:

 

http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=8SyZo6

 

Hope this helps and feel free to ask any questions you may have!