[SOLVED] Hide and seek with an HDD

[KaraK [T]]

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)

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?

[Cola]

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?

[Johan.]

Did you assign a drive-letter to it aswell?

Disk management -> Right click the drive -> Assign a letter/path to it

[KaraK [T]]

Please read my post again.
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.

[[TC]»Elmo«]

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

[[TC] Stephen]

Do what Johan has suggested before reformatting, generally drives will not show up in explorer unless they have a drive letter.

[KaraK [T]]

Problem is though that I don't see it in disk manager

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