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My HDD does not appear in the Boot Options

I have the motherboard GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 7-OP. When I installed Windows 10 for the first time the HDD (WD Black 2TB SATA3 7200rpm) appeared well but now in the boot options it does not appear, but instead it says that it is installed and if I try to install Windows 10 on it, it says that I can not install it and check the drivers (of the HDD) if they are enabled in the BIOS. Here I leave some screenshots of the BIOS configuration. In the first screenshot, the HDD appears as a device in "SATA INFORMATION"

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13 minutes ago, Rek123 said:

I have the motherboard GIGABYTE Z370 AORUS GAMING 7-OP. When I installed Windows 10 for the first time the HDD (WD Black 2TB SATA3 7200rpm) appeared well but now in the boot options it does not appear, but instead it says that it is installed and if I try to install Windows 10 on it, it says that I can not install it and check the drivers (of the HDD) if they are enabled in the BIOS. Here I leave some screenshots of the BIOS configuration. In the first screenshot, the HDD appears as a device in "SATA INFORMATION"

So, the drive appears in the BIOS, but not in the boot options once you've installed Windows on it, is this correct?

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6 minutes ago, LionSpeck said:

So, the drive appears in the BIOS, but not in the boot options once you've installed Windows on it, is this correct?

No, Windows is installed on the SSD, if I try to select the HDD to install Windows on it, an error appears that says: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

All this has happened after formatting the PC, since the first time the HDD appeared in the boot options and allowed me to install Windows on it, but after formatting I can't.

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What is your goal? Is there anything currently on the drive? What appears in Windows? 

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5 minutes ago, Rek123 said:

No, Windows is installed on the SSD, if I try to select the HDD to install Windows on it, an error appears that says: "Windows cannot be installed to this disk. This computer's hardware may not support booting to this disk. Ensure the disk's controller is enabled in the computer's BIOS menu."

Ok, I see; I'd suggest seraching for the SATA chipset mode option in your BIOS. It should be set to AHCI instead of IDE, though I don't know where it is in Gigabyte's BIOS. Try searching for this option in a PDF of your motherboard's guide

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Also,cas @nick name says, check what Windows says about the drive, both in Disk management and in an application called Diskovery

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