Jump to content

Hard drive not recognized

B52man
By B52man
in Storage Devices
 Share
Posted

I have a WD blue 500GB m.2 drive and a WD blue 2TB HDD. When I boot into the BIOS of my Asrock X470 Master SLI/AC I have to set my boot priority. I can select which hard drive I want to have priority boot, and then which ever one I pick, I can set whether I want it to boot before or after the UEFI. Once I load into windows, I go to disk management and my 2TB hard drive is not recognized. It is very confusing to my as to why it is recognized in the BIOS but not in windows. I can't help but think it has something to do with the priority hard drive setting but I can't find any way to disable or find a way around it, any experience/ ideas?

Link to comment
https://linustechtips.com/topic/943116-hard-drive-not-recognized/
Share on other sites
Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted

I've had the same experience. You just need to assign the partition a letter in disk management. Right click the start button, click "Disk Management," right click the partition you want to access and click "Change Drive Letter and Paths." I hope this helps you :) 

My main computer:

i7 6700k || GTX 1070 || Asus Z170 RGB || C.M. Hyper 212 EVO || 16GB RAM || 256GB NVMe SSD || 500GB SATA SSD || 12TB total HDD || Define R5 Blackout || 850W PSU

More Details Below :) 

Spoiler

 

| CPU: Intel Core i7 6700k                             | GPU:  EVGA GTX 1070 FTW                                  |  Motherboard: Asus Z170 Pro Gaming Aura
| CPU Cooler: C.M. Hyper 212 EVO             | RAM: 16GB Kingston Fury 4x4 DDR4 2400MHz         | SSD:  Intel 256GB NVMe SSD & Plextor 500GB SATA SSD

| Hard Drive:  WD 2TB Black, 2TB WD Blue, 8TB WD Red     | Case:  Fractal Design Define R5 Blackout Edition   | PSU:  Be Quiet! Dark Power Pro 11 850W

 

| Additional Computer Parts: NZXT Hue for LEDs

| Peripherals: Dell U2414H (x2) || Corsair Sabre RGB || Corsair K95 Platinum || Sennheiser 558's || Modmic

 

Pictures of setup:

 

 

Link to post
Share on other sites
Posted
  • Author
2 hours ago, njmyers3 said:

I've had the same experience. You just need to assign the partition a letter in disk management. Right click the start button, click "Disk Management," right click the partition you want to access and click "Change Drive Letter and Paths." I hope this helps you :) 

the problem is that its not even showing up in disk management... 

Link to post
Share on other sites
  • 3 weeks later...
Posted
On 1-7-2018 at 3:36 AM, B52man said:

I have a WD blue 500GB m.2 drive and a WD blue 2TB HDD. When I boot into the BIOS of my Asrock X470 Master SLI/AC I have to set my boot priority. I can select which hard drive I want to have priority boot, and then which ever one I pick, I can set whether I want it to boot before or after the UEFI. Once I load into windows, I go to disk management and my 2TB hard drive is not recognized. It is very confusing to my as to why it is recognized in the BIOS but not in windows. I can't help but think it has something to do with the priority hard drive setting but I can't find any way to disable or find a way around it, any experience/ ideas?

Hey, I am experiencing the same problem with my WD10EZEZ 1TB hard drive.

Has the problem been resolved and if so could you please tell me how the problem was resolved.

Link to post
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing Storage Devices

×