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    Question about MSI 780DXR Raid...

    Discussion in 'MSI' started by Valen Celcia, Jan 24, 2012.

  1. Valen Celcia

    Valen Celcia Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hello! I just got an MSI 780DXR-447US. I installed windows 7 professional 64-bit onto the computer, after much haggling and flashing non-raid bios in order to make it work. Now that it is installed and working again, it does not show the second hard drive in "computer." I'll check here on my break here in half an hour, but I'm pretty sure that it is recognizing that there IS a second hard drive in bios, but it doesn't show up. Is there a way to fix this or even how to put this back in raid? Is it as simple as flashing the bios again with the raid config or will this require another reinstall of windows? I'd much rather avoid the latter if possible. I don't even need raid, I'd be more than happy to live with two hard drives that are usable. Thanks in advance! I'll be doing a review on this laptop once I get everything back up and running correctly.
     
    Valen Celcia, Jan 24, 2012
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    You need to go into computer management and format it.
     
    Meaker@Sager, Jan 24, 2012
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    While it couldn't be formatted, it was able to be made into a volume. Thanks!
     
    Valen Celcia, Jan 24, 2012
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