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HDD showing in bios, but not in file menu

charliezz123
By charliezz123
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just put in a new HDD, before I just had an ssd. I plugged in the power and sata cable then booted up to the BIOS. It recognized it in Sata slot 4 so i booted up to windows and all i see for storage is the ssd. do i need to do anything in the bios to actually use it or should it just work after it is plugged in.

 

(its a 3tb hdd from barracuda and i have a MSI z270 gaming pro carbon mobo)

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You're gonna need to format the drive through the disk management application.

 

Windows key + R

Diskmgmt.msc 

Right click on the drive with the black block that said unallocated or is just a black block and follow the instructions.

After the format is done, you should be good to go.

"The only thing that matters right now is that you're here, and you're safe."

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