Storage confusion

[eagerigor]

Ok, so I tried to upgrade my main rig to have both a HDD and an SSD but I ran into a whole multitude of problems (it not showing up, it just flat out not working, dead Sata cable, etc.) but now I have a problem that I have absolutely no Idea how to solve.

 

Ok so when I open up file explorer It only shows 1 drive, but when I click on properties, and look under hardware it shows both drives. I want to be able it use the SSD as a boot drive and game storage, and the HDD for archiving.

[Electronics Wizardy]

Screen shot would be nice. Have you formated teh other drive in the computer properties.

[MimigaKing]

3 minutes ago, eagerigor said:

Ok, so I tried to upgrade my main rig to have both a HDD and an SSD but I ran into a whole multitude of problems (it not showing up, it just flat out not working, dead Sata cable, etc.) but now I have a problem that I have absolutely no Idea how to solve.

 

Ok so when I open up file explorer It only shows 1 drive, but when I click on properties, and look under hardware it shows both drives. I want to be able it use the SSD as a boot drive and game storage, and the HDD for archiving.

does your drives appear in the Disk Management? Are they both formatted and partitioned?

 

[eagerigor]

The SSD was formatted but I don't know what you mean by partitioned

 

[eagerigor]

and yes they both appear in device manager

[MimigaKing]

1 minute ago, eagerigor said:

The SSD was formatted but I don't know what you mean by partitioned

 

Can you post a pic of your disk management?

[eagerigor]

I forgot how to take a screenie...

[CK_WD]

Hi there eagerigor!

 

I understand you have a OS SSD, which show sin your system and My Computer, but the HDD doesn't show in My Computer, just Device Manager?

 

Please post screenshots of your File Explorer, Disk Management and Device Manager with the Drives section visible. You can use Microsoft's Snipping tool to create the images of your desktop and then upload them here with your post. You could also look into this Microsoft KB: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/take-screen-capture-print-screen#take-screen-capture-print-screen=windows-7

 

It is important for us to see what you are seeing, just like @MimigaKing has demonstrated a Disk Management screenshot.

 

If you have successfully accessed your OS and it is on the SSD, that means everything is fine with it, it has been partitioned and formatted, the base for an active drive, and the OS installed on it. We need to troubleshoot the HDD now. What make and model is it and what is the capacity?

 

Post back!

CK_WD