Hard Drive issues Involving Fresh install on SSD

razor19112k

I just installed Win 8 Pro on to my 120GB SSD and now I cant get my 2TB WD HDD to work, The system doesn't even recognize it when It's plugged in.  Any ideas or Suggestions would be helpful

finefluff

Can you see the second drive in disk management?

If so you can try assigning the drive a path letter. http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/909-73-doesn-windows-recognize-sata

 

ichihaifu

Plenty of existing threads concerning this issue already on bunch of tech sites, you can easily find them if you google "HDD not visible" etc.

Besides, MMO site isnt the best place to ask for assistance regarding computer issues (I find the whole Hardware section a bit silly for this reason)

Quizzical

Where is the hard drive not visible?  Does Windows not find it, or does the BIOS not find it?

syntax42

Originally posted by ichihaifu

Besides, MMO site isnt the best place to ask for assistance regarding computer issues (I find the whole Hardware section a bit silly for this reason)

There is nothing wrong with asking here.   Some knowledgeable and qualified people frequent this sub-forum.  Personally, I avoid the big generalist computer sites because there are too many people who "think" they know the answer but drown out the few who do know with their bad logic and inaccurate facts.  There were also tons of builds thrown around every time a person asked for one and everyone tried to defend their build like it was the best.  The elitism of some of those sites was too annoying, so I would rather post on a niche site like this.