Installing 2nd hard drive

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sammytheman

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Hi guys I have just installed my second hard drive on my pc but it does not show on My Computer. Basically I connected the extra plug from the 1st HD to the 2nd HD. Then I used this red thin wire to connect the HD to motherboard, just like the 1st HD. In device manager under disk drives I see:

st3320620as ata device
st3500320as ata device

When I turned on my pc something came up on the taskbar saying "your new device is installed...."

What else should I do guys to get this up and running?

I have this by the way:

http://www.directcanada.com/products/?sku=14120DR9680&vpn=ST3500320AS&manufacture=SEAGATE
 
Like said, you need to go to the Control Panel-Administrative Tools-Computer Management- on the left click on Disk Management and the drive should show up in the lower right. Right click on the drive and Partition and Format.
 
In Computer managemenr>Disk management I see my new HD 465.76GB as Unallocated and when I right click it I get "New Simple Volume". When you say format does that mean I have to install Vista again? Will it effect my 320GB primary HD? All I want to do is have more space on my current OS.
 
No you dont install Vista on it. In Disk Management select New Simple Volume, in the wizard click next, if you want one whole partition go with the max default size click next, pick a drive letter, in the format box click next. There you go.
 
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