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2nd SATA hard drive not recognized in device

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tricky vix - Jan 17, 2009 at 08:17 AM
 none - Jan 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Hello,
having just put a 2nd SATA hard drive inside my computer,
when i go device manager , it does not show up in there ,
have checked all the connections , they all fine
the hard drive i have installed is from a prveiously used computer , and does have data on it , which i want 2 format
any suggestions on this will b greatly appreciated.. thx
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knd
Jan 17, 2009 at 09:24 AM
right click in my computer, manage, storage , disk management...something like this.
and see if you can see that drive. if so, format it, bring it up online
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none
Jan 17, 2009 at 11:52 AM
Enable the drive by going into the bios, usually by hitting f2, depends on the computer

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