Win 7 isn't recognizing new HDD

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2011/03/05 15:25:05 (permalink)

Win 7 isn't recognizing new HDD

This morning I bought a new Seagate 1T 7200 HDD.  I physically installed it, then booted the computer.  Win 7 gave me the message that it had found the device and automatically loaded a driver.  But the new HDD doesn't show up in my list of HDD's in "Computer."  It shows up in Device Manager and says that I have the latest driver.

What do I have to do to get Win 7 to "see" the new HDD?  I am sure that it is something simple, I am just not a Win 7 expert.

Thanks in advance,

Tom

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    HumbleNoise
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    Re:Win 7 isn't recognizing new HDD 2011/03/05 16:30:53 (permalink)
    Tom I just went through this but can't remember the Win 7 technique. I think I googled the exact phrase of your post title and there's lots of info out there and it's really easy but I can't remember how to get there from here.

    Here's a thread

    http://forums.techarena.i...g-systems/1174096.htm.
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    Re:Win 7 isn't recognizing new HDD 2011/03/05 16:36:01 (permalink)
    Right click on Computer and select Manage.  You may not have a computer icon on your desktop, but on mine if I click the start button it has a Computer listed right above control panel in the right column.  When the Computer Manager interface opens, go to Disk Management.  I think you just need to initialize and format the new drive and you should be good to go.

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    Re:Win 7 isn't recognizing new HDD 2011/03/05 17:54:00 (permalink)
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    Right click on Computer and select Manage.  You may not have a computer icon on your desktop, but on mine if I click the start button it has a Computer listed right above control panel in the right column.  When the Computer Manager interface opens, go to Disk Management.  I think you just need to initialize and format the new drive and you should be good to go.


    Thanks, that is what I did.  FYI Disk Management is in Control Panel/Administrative Tools/Storage

    Everything is working fine now.

    t


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