2nd SATA Hard Drive not shown on my computer

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Chinniprasad.v - Aug 16, 2012 at 01:59 AM
 David - Jul 22, 2015 at 04:07 PM
Hello,

I have had a WD 160GB SATA hard drive as my primary HD and I recently bought a Seagate 80GB SATA hard drive to use as a secondary storage space. I connected all the power, SATA cables correctly and when I boot my comp, it shows on the display that my WD 160GB is the primary and Seagate 80GB is the slave. However, when I go on to my comptuer, I don't see the new hard drive. When I check the device manager, it still indicates that it recognizes both of my hard drives. Why is it not showing up on my computer to be used?
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pqrslu Posts 1 Registration date Tuesday August 14, 2012 Status Member Last seen August 20, 2012 1
Aug 16, 2012 at 05:33 AM
try to check in device manager,scan for hardware changes.
possible so windows can not detect, try the windows format
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