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Question

Alienware m14x r1 laptop 2nd hard drive not working

Mar 9, 2016 7:57PM PST

hi all,

recently I have bought a hard disc tray to replace my optical disc in my alienware m14x r1, however when I finish installing everything, i boot into windows and I do not see any hard drives in the storage manager besides my main solid state drive. Why is it that my 2nd hard drive does not register?

my operating system is windows 7 by the way

also I have made sure everything is secure too

thanks in advance

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Clarification Request
A new drive does not show in File Explorer or My Computer.
Mar 9, 2016 8:29PM PST

You must partition and format new drives.

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Response
Mar 9, 2016 8:31PM PST

Hi,

How can I when nothing shows up whatsoever?