HDD not recognised

[Sean-]

Hi i need some help please

 

Ive just build a brand new living room PC for light gaming and media

 

Ive got a 240gb samsung m.2 and a 1TB WD red drive

 

Ive installed windows amd booted from the m.2 drive but the 1TB WD red drive is not showing in windows?

 

It was in the bios in various areas so im not sure why it isnt showing in windows?

 

Any pointers be appreciated thanks

 

Asus Z170i gaming mobo

Samsung m.2 950 240gb

WD 1TB Red HDD

Asus Strix 1070 RGB

16GB RipJaw DDR4

Corsair H100i CPU cooler

Windows 10 64bit Home

[Arty]

Go to Disk Management, Right click ethier will need to make a new volume or assign a letter 

[Sean-]

3 minutes ago, Arty said:

Go to Disk Management, Right click ethier will need to make a new volume or assign a letter 

Ok i see it there, when i right click on it, it says convert to dynamic disk or MBR disk

[Treedubz]

 

[Arty]

Just now, Sean- said:

Ok i see it there, when i right click on it, it says convert to dynamic disk or MBR disk

I would use Dynamic,

[♠FlamieMeister♠]

Did you just say that that system was for light gaming?

 

what games do you run

 

[Sean-]

3 minutes ago, Arty said:

I would use Dynamic,

 

3 minutes ago, Treedubz said:

 

Sorted thanks

[Sean-]

2 minutes ago, ♠FlamieMeister♠ said:

Did you just say that that system was for light gaming?

 

what games do you run

 

Overwatch, Civ 5, Football Manager 16, GTA V at present

[Captain_WD]

5 hours ago, Sean- said:

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Hey there Sean-

 

What settings did you end up doing on your WD Red (Basic or Dynamic, file system, partitions, etc.)? 

Have in mind that if you are using a Dynamic disk you won't be able to use that drive on another computer and may even have problems running it on another SATA port. Here's some more info on this. 

 

Also, is there a particular reason why you went for the NAS/RAID WD Red drive? 

 

Captain_WD.

[Sean-]

17 hours ago, Captain_WD said:

Hey there Sean-

 

What settings did you end up doing on your WD Red (Basic or Dynamic, file system, partitions, etc.)? 

Have in mind that if you are using a Dynamic disk you won't be able to use that drive on another computer and may even have problems running it on another SATA port. Here's some more info on this. 

 

Also, is there a particular reason why you went for the NAS/RAID WD Red drive? 

 

Captain_WD.

Hi, i didnt select either, i followed the the Linus video instructions which was a different selection.

 

I went with the red based on YouTuber reviews, its a HTPC firstly, and for living room gaming secondly, so it will be on 24/7. WD RED seemed to be the reviewers favorite for 24/7 operation!

 

Edit: That link is broken

[Captain_WD]

7 hours ago, Sean- said:

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WD Red drives are designed for NAS and RAID usage but it should work just fine for you.

 

If you have followed the video you should have ended up with the simplest and most popular way of setting up the drive (Basic Drive, Simple volume, NTFS file system, default Allocation Unit Size.

 

This link should work: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa363785(v=vs.85).aspx

This too: http://support.wdc.com/KnowledgeBase/answer.aspx?ID=282  

 

Let me know if you need help

 

Captain_WD.