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    Where's my backup harddrive?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by rockjngo, Jul 29, 2011.

  1. rockjngo

    rockjngo Newbie

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    hey guys, if you can help me out, i did a fresh installation of windows 7 ultimate but my backup harddrive isn't showing up in the computer->harddrive. I have the xps 17 702 with 1t hard drive 500gb x 2. the main harddrive OS shows up but the doesnt. please let me know what options i can do. thanks
     
    rockjngo, Jul 29, 2011
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  2. Commander Wolf

    Commander Wolf can i haz broadwell?

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    Are these new drives? Did they both show up in the Windows installer? You might have to go to the partition manager and format/initialize the second drive if it doesn't show up in My Computer.
     
    Commander Wolf, Jul 30, 2011
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  3. madmattd

    madmattd Notebook Deity

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    You will likely have to format/initialize it as Commander Wolf said. Right-click My Computer, goto Manage, Select Disk Management. The bottom will show all drives connected to the computer, your second may need to be initialized there to show up on top and in My Computer.
     
    madmattd, Jul 30, 2011
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