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3 minutes ago, Douglas The Duck said:

How though?

 

Press Start, type Computer Management.  Open it.

From there, select Disk Management

If it asks to initialize a disk, say yes.

Scroll down to find your 3tb drive.  Right click in the block listing the size, and click New Simple Volume

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I posted about this the other day however I've narrowed down the issue. I believe it is a Windows or software (drivers) issue, because my Bios detects the drive and my board inst showing me an error code. I use a z270 Taichi and the drive I can't find is a 3tb WD blue hard drive. I know it is not a drive issue because I got a new one today. Please Help Me!

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Have you tried a Linux live CD/USB to see if it shows up in that environment?

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6 minutes ago, Douglas The Duck said:

I posted about this the other day however I've narrowed down the issue. I believe it is a Windows or software (drivers) issue, because my Bios detects the drive and my board inst showing me an error code. I use a z270 Taichi and the drive I can't find is a 3tb WD blue hard drive. I know it is not a drive issue because I got a new one today. Please Help Me!

Probably need to initialize it.

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Make a new simple volume in windows disk management.

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4 minutes ago, Enderman said:

Make a new simple volume in windows disk management.

How though?

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2 minutes ago, Douglas The Duck said:

How though?

Uh, you go to windows disk management and right click the drive and click "new simple volume".

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3 minutes ago, Douglas The Duck said:

How though?

 

Press Start, type Computer Management.  Open it.

From there, select Disk Management

If it asks to initialize a disk, say yes.

Scroll down to find your 3tb drive.  Right click in the block listing the size, and click New Simple Volume

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