not picking up hard drive?

[aaronsbuild]

so i ran out of space on my ssd and when i tried switching to download on my hard drive it was nowhere to be found in my settings, i restarted my computer and went to bios but it’s there, i’ll post some pics so u can see what i see but i’m confused and i don’t know what to do, any tips?

[Moonzy]

try going into disk management (win+x -> disk management) to see if it detects it in the OS

 

most probably it's due to you not giving it a format yet

[aaronsbuild]

where is disk management? in bios or after i boot the computer?

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, aaronsbuild said:

where is disk management? in bios or after i boot the computer?

in windows

 

also, remember to quote the person you're replying so that they will notice your replies

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

in windows

 

also, remember to quote the person you're replying so that they will notice your replies

oh okay sorry, i’m booting now and i’ll search for the thing

[Moonzy]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

sorry

no apologies needed, just letting you know lol

[aaronsbuild]

Just now, Moonzy said:

no apologies needed, just letting you know lol

where to? 

[Auror]

If you're on Win10, you can right click the start menu (windows icon) and it'll be listed there. If not, just search disk management/create and format hard disk partitions.

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Auror said:

If you're on Win10, you can right click the start menu (windows icon) and it'll be listed there. If not, just search disk management/create and format hard disk partitions.

now i’m super confused lol, what am i looking at??

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, aaronsbuild said:

where to? 

just press windows key + x at the same time and you'll see this

 

choose disk management from there

or you can search disk management in start as mentioned above like so

[aaronsbuild]

i’m going to assume that disk 0 is my 2tb drive 

[Auror]

1 minute ago, aaronsbuild said:

now i’m super confused lol, what am i looking at??

You got it, do GPT.

[aaronsbuild]

Just now, Auror said:

You got it, do GPT.

shit i did the other one!!!!!

[Moonzy]

1 minute ago, aaronsbuild said:

now i’m super confused lol, what am i looking at??

you're looking at a disc that hasnt been allocated, just click OK and you'll should have it configured

[aaronsbuild]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

shit i did the other one!!!!!

ok i right clicked it and i chose convert to gpt 

[aaronsbuild]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

ok i right clicked it and i chose convert to gpt 

should it work now 

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

you're looking at a disc that hasnt been allocated, just click OK and you'll should have it configured

so it will work now??

[Auror]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

shit i did the other one!!!!!

It's not a problem man lol, you could reformat it using GPT if you'd like, they both do pretty much the same thing. GPT is just more modern.

[Auror]

Yeah, it should show the partition, as long as it does, you're Gucci.

[Moonzy]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

so it will work now??

try going into file explorer to find out

(win+e is the shortcut to open it)

[aaronsbuild]

Just now, Auror said:

It's not a problem man lol, you could reformat it using GPT if you'd like, they both do pretty much the same thing. GPT is just more modern.

it still is black colored, which is labeled un allocated, did i do something wrong or

do i jsut have to instal something on it?

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Moonzy said:

try going into file explorer to find out

(win+e is the shortcut to open it)

 

[Auror]

Just now, aaronsbuild said:

it still is black colored, which is labeled un allocated, did i do something wrong or

do i jsut have to instal something on it?

right click it and create a new simple volume.

[aaronsbuild]

1 minute ago, Auror said:

right click it and create a new simple volume.

 

[aaronsbuild]

thank u both for all the help, i really appreciate it guys