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1 minute ago, RichieXtheXboss said:

How do I do this

http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/37094/~/windows-10%3A-format-a-drive-in-windows-disk-management

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When I went to hook up my hdd it show that it is connected in the motherboard explorer. But it doesn't show it in my disk. All I can find is my ssd boot drive so with windows 10 is the second drive moved somewhere or what because I can't get it to work.

 

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4 minutes ago, RichieXtheXboss said:

When I went to hook up my hdd it show that it is connected in the motherboard explorer. But it doesn't show it in my disk. All I can find is my ssd boot drive so with windows 10 is the second drive moved somewhere or what because I can't get it to work.

Have you checked in Disk Managment and/or Device Manager?

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you still need to format it.

someone else will help you with the name of the program you need to use, because i'm still using dutch windows, and the names of things are different in the most stupid ways :P

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8 minutes ago, RichieXtheXboss said:

When I went to hook up my hdd it show that it is connected in the motherboard explorer. But it doesn't show it in my disk. All I can find is my ssd boot drive so with windows 10 is the second drive moved somewhere or what because I can't get it to work.

you need to format the hard drive

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4 minutes ago, manikyath said:

you still need to format it.

someone else will help you with the name of the program you need to use, because i'm still using dutch windows, and the names of things are different in the most stupid ways :P

Format it ?

ithought that I didn't have to do that because I have 2 drives ssd with widows and hdd for mass storage

CPU: i5 4690k  (overclocked to 4.3ghz)             CPU Cooler: Cryorig h7                 MOBO:  Msi Z97 pc mate             RAM: 8GB HyperX 1600 blue

GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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5 minutes ago, SeanAngelo said:

you need to format the hard drive

How do I do this

CPU: i5 4690k  (overclocked to 4.3ghz)             CPU Cooler: Cryorig h7                 MOBO:  Msi Z97 pc mate             RAM: 8GB HyperX 1600 blue

GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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1 minute ago, RichieXtheXboss said:

How do I do this

http://acer.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/37094/~/windows-10%3A-format-a-drive-in-windows-disk-management

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Thanks for all the help guys

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GPU: rx480  4gb                                                 CASE: Corsair Spec-01 red              OS: Windows 10

PSU: EVGA 500   watt                                       SSD:    v60gb Mushkin ssd                HDD: 1000GB WD BLUE

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14 minutes ago, RichieXtheXboss said:

How do I do this

Right Click on Start Button > Click "Disk Management" (If it asks you to initialize, click GPT) > Look for your WD Drive (It should say Unallocated Space) > Right Click Unallocated Space > New Simple Partition

 

Follow the wizard (use NTFS and Default Allocation Unit Size)

 

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