Secondary Hard Drive problems

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#1 taliff
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I just installed my second 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive. BIOS detects it but when I boot Vista it still only show my primary drive. Is there a setup process I have to go through to get this going? Thanks

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#2 Marfoo
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I just installed my second 1TB Western Digital Hard Drive. BIOS detects it but when I boot Vista it still only show my primary drive. Is there a setup process I have to go through to get this going? Thanks

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Okay open the start menu and under search type "Computer Management", then when it finds it, open it. Then on the left, select under Storage "Disk Management". A list of HDDs connected should come up, including your 1TB drive. Right click ot and select "Assign a drive letter". Follow the oncreen steps and voila!
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#3 taliff
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Ok it shows it the drive as unallocated. And it gives me the option to convert it to either Dynamic disk or GPT disk. And i doesnt let me chose a letter

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#4 taliff
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Never mind I got it, thanks for the help!
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#5 Marfoo
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Ok it shows it the drive as unallocated. And it gives me the option to convert it to either Dynamic disk or GPT disk. And i doesnt let me chose a letter

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Okay, don't choose dynamic disk, you just need a basic disk. EDIT: Oh, you got it, glad to help.