Hard drive missing..

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alawar

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Just took delivery of my new build... Problem is I should have

1st Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)

I cannot see the
1st Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE

Any advice very Welcome
Thanks
 
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Can you list your full specs pls?
Youve checked to see its actually there and plugged in securely?
Have you gone through and run all windows updates to get windows properly running?

If you have, then where are you looking to see it? Have you tried Disk Management?
 
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sibun1 said:
Can you list your full specs pls?
Youve checked to see its actually there and plugged in securely?
Have you gone through and run all windows updates to get windows properly running?

If you have, then where are you looking to see it? Have you tried Disk Management?
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Full spec..
Case CORSAIR CRYSTAL SERIES 680X RGB GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU) AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12 Core CPU (3.7GHz-4.8GHz/70MB CACHE/AM4)
Motherboard ASUS® ROG STRIX X570-F GAMING (USB 3.2 Gen 2, PCIe 4.0) - ARGB Ready!
Memory (RAM) 32GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3200MHz (2 x 16GB)
Graphics Card 8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 3060 Ti - HDMI, DP
1st Storage Drive 1TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 64MB CACHE
1st M.2 SSD Drive 500GB SAMSUNG 980 PRO M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 6900MB/R, 5000MB/W)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive NOT REQUIRED
Power Supply CORSAIR 850W RM SERIES™ MODULAR 80 PLUS® GOLD, ULTRA QUIET
Power Cable 1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor Cooling Corsair H115i RGB PLATINUM Hydro Series High Performance CPU Cooler
Thermal Paste STANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound Card ONBOARD 6 CHANNEL (5.1) HIGH DEF AUDIO (AS STANDARD)
Network Card 10/100/1000 GIGABIT LAN PORT (Wi-Fi NOT INCLUDED)
Wireless Network Card WIRELESS INTEL® Wi-Fi 6 AX200 2,400Mbps/5GHz, 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD + BT 5.0
USB/Thunderbolt Options MIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating System Windows 10 Home 64 Bit - inc. Single Licence [KUK-00001]
Operating System Language United Kingdom - English Language
Windows Recovery Media Windows 10 Multi-Language Recovery Image - Unlimited Downloads from
NO I haven't checked if its actually there.. I wouldn't know what to look for..
I only set up the computer yesterday so Windows should be okay
I have looked in the control panel and could only see the ssd..
Thanks
Any advice welcome
 
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When you first get it you -have- to run windows update, repeatedly, and install all updates it gives, even those in "optional" they arent optional... (long story)

Its the only drive you will have in there, and will be a rectangular block about 3.5 inches by about 5 inches, your other drives are on the motherboard. Its likely to be in the side compartment on the 680X and should be fairly obvious.

If we assume its plugged in properly for now, can you open disk management? not control panel.
Right click the windows logo/home button it will be in that list
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Martinr36

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to see if its in disk management, right click the start button and select disk management and you'll see a screen similar to this

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Your HDD should show as disc 1 it might need initialising (just follow the prompt) and then right clicking to make a simple partition
 
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alawar

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Martinr36 said:
to see if its in disk management, right click the start button and select disk management and you'll see a screen similar to this

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Your HDD should show as disc 1 it might need initialising (just follow the prompt) and then right clicking to make a simple partition
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Thanks for your help...
This is what I see...
I'm assuming it's (D) drive...?
But I don't see it in device and drivers!?
Thanks for your help
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Erm.... I would of thought it would end up labelled as D, but I dont think thats what its showing you.
Youd expect an other panel like next to Disk 0, but a singular block rather than split in 3.

Can you look inside your case and try and see if you can spot it. Something is going on other than it just not being allocated on the system.
With the machine off, I need you need to find it and then i'd check the connections on it, make sure its properly plugged. There will be a power and a data connection going into it and its a fair sized rectangular block/slab
 
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alawar

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This is what I see... I really don't know what I'm looking for.. But don't see a block
Thanks for your help
 

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Thats the main compartment, the Corsair 680X has a side compartment on the right
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Just checked all connections at both ends... One not connected at all!!
Any way this is what I see now...
Not sure if its correct!!
Disc1 ssd
Disk 0.. New volume E ( barracuda)
Disk 2 removable?
Again thanks for the help
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The disk 2/removable is a bit odd... but appears its got the M.2 and the HDD now

Removable would imply something like a USB stick but then to not have anything showing you its size...
 
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alawar said:
Just checked all connections at both ends... One not connected at all!!
Any way this is what I see now...
Not sure if its correct!!
Disc1 ssd
Disk 0.. New volume E ( barracuda)
Disk 2 removable?
Again thanks for the help View attachment 23984
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Glad you're all sorted, I'd guess is disc 2 is an external DVD drive or something on those lines
 
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