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[SOLVED] Hide and seek with an HDD - KaraK - 2012-07-26 18:18
Hey,
I've just installed a new HDD. It's a Seagate 2TB 7200rpm and what not.
Though after installing it, I opened the My Computer screen, and it wasn't there.
Tried looking it up in diskmanagement, it prompted me to format it, with a choice between 2 different formats. I chose GPT, as Windows told me that was the better choice for a 2TB drive. After this, I closed the window, and it still wouldn't appear on my screen.
I went into diskpart, and there it was. (Click to View)
![[Image: hddme.png]](http://img838.imageshack.us/img838/7484/hddme.png)
I restarted my computer, but still no result. Looked it up on google, but couldn't find much.
My system is Windows 7 Home Premium.
Anyone?
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - Cola - 2012-07-26 18:57
It should be formatted as NTFS.
Go to Start -> Computer -> Right click on the drive -> Format -> Choose Quick Format and NTFS -> Go
Also, do you see it in BIOS?
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - Johan. - 2012-07-26 19:12
Did you assign a drive-letter to it aswell?
Disk management -> Right click the drive -> Assign a letter/path to it
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - KaraK - 2012-07-26 19:16
Sorry, didn't make it obvious that the disk doesn't appear in diskmanagement either.
I'll try changing the format to NTFS, seen a way to do it on the internet.
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - Elmo - 2012-07-26 19:29
GPT is a partition table, not a filesystem.
You need install the partition table (ideally GPT for big drives), then create an NTFS partition.
Ed: you can do all this in the disk manager
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - Stephen - 2012-07-26 19:30
Do what Johan has suggested before reformatting, generally drives will not show up in explorer unless they have a drive letter.
RE: Hide and seek with an HDD - KaraK - 2012-07-26 20:03
Problem is though that I don't see it in disk manager
Got the job done with DiskPart