***** Newly built Computer DOES NOT SEE 2nd Hard Drive **** HELP**

[rentalking]

Hey Guys,

I just built a new computer for video editing ( So I have 2 Hard Drives....one HDD and one SSD -- the SSD houses the operating system -- windows 7 -- and the HDD is supposed to house all the files that I will be storing). When i go into my BIOS I see that the system recognizes that there are in fact 2 Hard Drives ....The Crucial SSD (240 GIG and the 2 TB West Digital HDD. When I launch windows and go into My Computer it does not show the West Digital Hard drive.

Could you please help me out and/or point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance!

Here is the setup of what I am running:

Processor: i7-3770K Quad-Core Processor 3.5 GHz
Motherboard: ASUS sabertooth z77
RAM : Corsair Vengeance 16GB (2x8GB) DDR3 1600 MHz (PC3 12800)
Hard Drive: Western Digital Caviar Black 2 TB SATA III 7200 RPM 64 MB Cache Bulk/OEM Internal Desktop Hard Drive
SSD: Crucial M500 240GB SATA 2.5-Inch 7mm (with 9.5mm adapter) Internal Solid State Drive
Graphics Card: Gigabyte GTX 770 GDDR5-4GB 2xDVI/HDMI/DP OC WINDFORCE 3X Graphics Card GV-N770OC-4GD
Power Supply: Corsair Enthusiast Series CP-9020039-NA650W ATX12V v2.31 / EPS12V 80 PLUS BRONZE Certified Modular High Performance Power Supply
Case: CM Storm Scout 2 Advanced - Gaming Mid Tower Computer Case with Carrying Handles, Black

 

[johnb35]

If the second drive is new and blank then you have to go into disk management and partition and then format it and assign it a drive letter before windows will see it.

 

[rbarringto]

what format is the HDD in? I had problems with my 1TB Western Digital My Passport because I back mine up to my Mac and it formatted my HDD with Journaled +HFS. Was able to use a program to read mine but in this case you need it to be in a NTFS format. Also johnb35 is right about assigning a drive letter to it.

EDIT*. Make sure the ribbon cords and the 5 or 4 pin Power cable are securely connected to your HDD.