2nd SATA HD not seen in 'My Computer'Closed

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Hello,

Slightly different twist to otherwise similar headache with 2nd SATA drive. MY PC has only one hard drive - WD320 SATA with XP PRO on it. Connected a 2nd WD320 SATA (brand new)  to the remaining SATA port on MB, disk spun up fine. Unable to see the drive in 'My Computer', but it does show up in Device Manager - correctly identified and shown as 'working properly' with all correct drivers etc. It does NOT show up in Disk Manager however, so any answers about partitioning and formatting the drive first seem impossible at this point. Tried it on another PC and same problem - seen on Device Manager but nowhere else. 
I have read all the posts but can find nothing that works so far. Any ideas from left field out there?

Thx

CyborgCop · Answer

if it's brand new.. you'll have to active it first. . Right click on my computer.. click on manage.. Then go to Disk Management.. you should see your hard drive there... Right click it and click on activate.. Then from there you can format and partition it..

joeco · Answer

i have the same problem but when i go to the disk managment the drive is not there ... even tho in bios it is

CyborgCop · Answer

You probably don't have the SATA drivers loaded for windows then.  They should be on your motherboard disk.  Or if you lost it you can go to the manufacturer's website and find your model and download them.

nada · Answer

right click on (my) computer or computer in the start window
go to manage
click on disk management 
mine ended up as a foreign disk and as disk 0 
I right clicked and import foreign disk and it was recognized.

2nd SATA HD not seen in 'My Computer'

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