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In that case, click the thingn in disk management that has the black top to it and do 'new simple volume' or 'format'. You're formatting it so you can put data on it basically. should be straighforward

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My hdd registers in BIOS and I can hear it running. I pull up windows 8 and go into disk management, I can see it there too but while my ssd has a blue bar on top of the info, my hdd's is black. I go into my computer and it doesn't show up. How do I fix this? It's a WD black 2 tb in case anyone wants to know

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My hdd registers in BIOS and I can hear it running. I pull up windows 8 and go into disk management, I can see it there too but while my ssd has a blue bar on top of the info, my hdd's is black. I go into my computer and it doesn't show up. How do I fix this? It's a WD black 2 tb in case anyone wants to know

 

Is it a fresh, new drive, or is there data on it already?

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Is it a fresh, new drive, or is there data on it already?

Brand new

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In that case, click the thingn in disk management that has the black top to it and do 'new simple volume' or 'format'. You're formatting it so you can put data on it basically. should be straighforward

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In that case, click the thingn in disk management that has the black top to it and do 'new simple volume' or 'format'. You're formatting it so you can put data on it basically. should be straighforward

thank you, will try and will get back to you :)

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In that case, click the thingn in disk management that has the black top to it and do 'new simple volume' or 'format'. You're formatting it so you can put data on it basically. should be straighforward

Yup, it worked :) Thank you! 

Fractal R4- 4670k @ 3.4 Ghz- Corsair Vengeance Pro 8gb- 2TB Wd Black- 256 GB Samsung SSD- Cosair 760w PSU- Corsair h80i- ASUS CU II GTX 780- ASUS VI Hero LGA 1150

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