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    Installed w7, now 2e hdd not showing

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Psynalizer, Nov 3, 2009.

  1. Psynalizer

    Psynalizer Notebook Consultant

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    Hello,
    I've been searching these forums but couldn't find an answer so I hope you guys can help me. I've posted this question in the acer forum but no response there :(

    This morning I installed windows 7 and everything went very well. Drivers installed auto... and everthing works perfect, except one thing. I have 2 hdd's each 320 gig but from the first start up windows only shows 1 hdd. I checked the hdd maybe there was something loose but everything seems ok. Anyone have an idea what's wrong here?

    Thank you in advance
     
    Psynalizer, Nov 3, 2009
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    mani1128 Notebook Guru

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    Is the hdd empty by any chance? If so change the option to allow display of empty drives in folder option.
    Also check for the hard disk in computer management.
     
    mani1128, Nov 3, 2009
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  3. Psynalizer

    Psynalizer Notebook Consultant

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    I've tried what you said but that didn't help and the device manager only shows one hdd :s
     
    Psynalizer, Nov 3, 2009
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    Keith Notebook Deity

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    Go to the start menu and right click on "Computer" and then select "Manage". Within the new window, click on "Disk Management". Does the drive show up in there?

    It sounds like the drive is either set to hidden, or it is not set to active.
     
    Keith, Nov 3, 2009
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    No it does not show up
     
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    I found what was wrong, I rebooted with windows cd and started setup then I looked at the hdd's and saw my second one wasn't designated as partition.
    Thanks for your replies guys :)
     
    Psynalizer, Nov 3, 2009
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