Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium

17-08-2007, 07:00 PM

I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in BIOS
and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive in
Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk Management
shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB Unallocated). If I
right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is "Properties" and "Help".
"New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and "New Striped Volume" are all
disabled. Does anyone know how I can format this drive with NTFS so that it
shows up in Windows Vista?

I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers
installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second
drive is a Seagate Barracuda.

17-08-2007, 07:01 PM

On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard

> I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in BIOS
> and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive in
> Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk Management
> shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB Unallocated). If I
> right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is "Properties" and "Help".
> "New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and "New Striped Volume" are all
> disabled. Does anyone know how I can format this drive with NTFS so that it
> shows up in Windows Vista?
>
> I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers
> installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second
> drive is a Seagate Barracuda.
>

Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like
they are not.

--
Terry R.

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17-08-2007, 07:03 PM

"Terry R." <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
> On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard
>
>> I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in
>> BIOS and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive
>> in Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk
>> Management shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB
>> Unallocated). If I right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is
>> "Properties" and "Help". "New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and
>> "New Striped Volume" are all disabled. Does anyone know how I can format
>> this drive with NTFS so that it shows up in Windows Vista?
>>
>> I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers
>> installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second
>> drive is a Seagate Barracuda.
>
> Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like
> they are not.
>
> --
> Terry R.
>
> ***Reply Note***
> Anti-spam measures are included in my email address.
> Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

You may have to initialize the new HDD:
Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required.

To initialize new disks

1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and
then click Initialize Disk.

2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition
table (GPT) partition style.

Note
The disk is initialized as a basic disk.

Additional considerations
a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you
must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk,
the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.

rgds
b.. Roberto

17-08-2007, 07:04 PM

"Terry R." <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
> On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard
> Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like
> they are not.

I have made sure that they are all disabled and I still have the same
problem.

17-08-2007, 07:04 PM

"Roberto de Corneille" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
> You may have to initialize the new HDD:
> Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required.
>
> To initialize new disks
>
> 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and
> then click Initialize Disk.
>
> 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
> You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID
> partition
> table (GPT) partition style.
>
> Note
> The disk is initialized as a basic disk.
>
>
> Additional considerations
> a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you
> must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a
> disk,
> the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.

The only options available when I right-click on the disk in Disk Management
is "Help" and "Properties".

17-08-2007, 07:06 PM

"Roberto de Corneille" <> wrote in message
news:.gbl...
> You may have to initialize the new HDD:
> Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required.
>
> To initialize new disks
>
> 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and
> then click Initialize Disk.
>
> 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
> You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID
> partition
> table (GPT) partition style.
>
> Note
> The disk is initialized as a basic disk.
>
>
> Additional considerations
> a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you
> must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a
> disk,
> the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.
>
> rgds
> b.. Roberto

I have solved the issue and I would like to make the solution available for
those of you who happen to come across this in your searches. Roberto is
correct, the new drive must be "initialized" in Vista using Disk Management.
However, this is not intuitive at all. Disk Management lists your disks at
the bottom area of the screen. On the left panel it will say "Disk 0",
"Disk 1", etc. On the right panel it will say "Vista C: Healthy" (or
something similar). You have to actually right click on the left panel
where it says "Disk 0" to get the option to initialize the disk. If you
right click on the right panel then the "Initialize" option is not there and
every other option is disabled.

12-11-2008, 12:05 AM

Tbone, thanks for the little detail. That's what I was missing also.

--
KSilerJr

cyberdud · 25-12-2008, 06:51 PM

thanks for your solution. i had eactly the same problem and couldnt find the answer until you came along with the solution.

i agree totally with your "not intuitive" statement

thanks again

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tbone

"Roberto de Corneille" <whoisit@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:O8W0JnMqHHA.196@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> You may have to initialize the new HDD:
> Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required.
>
> To initialize new disks
>
> 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and
> then click Initialize Disk.
>
> 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize.
> You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID
> partition
> table (GPT) partition style.
>
> Note
> The disk is initialized as a basic disk.
>
>
> Additional considerations
> a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you
> must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a
> disk,
> the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk.
>
> rgds
> b.. Roberto

I have solved the issue and I would like to make the solution available for
those of you who happen to come across this in your searches. Roberto is
correct, the new drive must be "initialized" in Vista using Disk Management.
However, this is not intuitive at all. Disk Management lists your disks at
the bottom area of the screen. On the left panel it will say "Disk 0",
"Disk 1", etc. On the right panel it will say "Vista C: Healthy" (or
something similar). You have to actually right click on the left panel
where it says "Disk 0" to get the option to initialize the disk. If you
right click on the right panel then the "Initialize" option is not there and
every other option is disabled.

17-08-2007, 07:00 PM	#1
Tbone Guest Posts: n/a	Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in BIOS and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive in Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk Management shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB Unallocated). If I right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is "Properties" and "Help". "New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and "New Striped Volume" are all disabled. Does anyone know how I can format this drive with NTFS so that it shows up in Windows Vista? I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second drive is a Seagate Barracuda.

17-08-2007, 07:01 PM	#2
Terry R. Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard > I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in BIOS > and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive in > Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk Management > shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB Unallocated). If I > right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is "Properties" and "Help". > "New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and "New Striped Volume" are all > disabled. Does anyone know how I can format this drive with NTFS so that it > shows up in Windows Vista? > > I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers > installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second > drive is a Seagate Barracuda. > Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like they are not. -- Terry R. *Reply Note* Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply.

17-08-2007, 07:03 PM	#3
Roberto de Corneille Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium "Terry R." <> wrote in message news:.gbl... > On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard > >> I added a second SATA hard disk drive to my computer and it shows up in >> BIOS and it also shows up under "Disk Drives". I cannot see this drive >> in Windows Explorer and I cannot figure out how to format it. Disk >> Management shows Disk 0 (C drive) and Disk 1 (nothing - 298.09 GB >> Unallocated). If I right-click on Disk 1 the only item I can select is >> "Properties" and "Help". "New Simple Volume", "New Spanned Volume", and >> "New Striped Volume" are all disabled. Does anyone know how I can format >> this drive with NTFS so that it shows up in Windows Vista? >> >> I have a Core 2 Duo, ASUS Striker Extreme with NVIDIA nForce drivers >> installed. The working drive is a Western Digital Raptor and the second >> drive is a Seagate Barracuda. > > Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like > they are not. > > -- > Terry R. > > *Reply Note* > Anti-spam measures are included in my email address. > Delete NOSPAM from the email address after clicking Reply. You may have to initialize the new HDD: Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required. To initialize new disks 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and then click Initialize Disk. 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID partition table (GPT) partition style. Note The disk is initialized as a basic disk. Additional considerations a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a disk, the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. rgds b.. Roberto

17-08-2007, 07:04 PM	#4
Tbone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium "Terry R." <> wrote in message news:.gbl... > On 6/6/2007 5:11 PM On a whim, Tbone pounded out on the keyboard > Make sure all the RAID options in the BIOS are disabled. It sounds like > they are not. I have made sure that they are all disabled and I still have the same problem.

17-08-2007, 07:04 PM	#5
Tbone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium "Roberto de Corneille" <> wrote in message news:.gbl... > You may have to initialize the new HDD: > Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required. > > To initialize new disks > > 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and > then click Initialize Disk. > > 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. > You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID > partition > table (GPT) partition style. > > Note > The disk is initialized as a basic disk. > > > Additional considerations > a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you > must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a > disk, > the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. The only options available when I right-click on the disk in Disk Management is "Help" and "Properties".

17-08-2007, 07:06 PM	#6
Tbone Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium "Roberto de Corneille" <> wrote in message news:.gbl... > You may have to initialize the new HDD: > Backup Operator or Administrator is the minimum membership required. > > To initialize new disks > > 1.. In Disk Management, right-click the disk you want to initialize, and > then click Initialize Disk. > > 2.. In the Initialize Disk dialog box, select the disk(s) to initialize. > You can select whether to use the master boot record (MBR) or GUID > partition > table (GPT) partition style. > > Note > The disk is initialized as a basic disk. > > > Additional considerations > a.. New disks appear as Not Initialized. Before you can use a disk, you > must first initialize it. If you start Disk Management after adding a > disk, > the Initialize Disk Wizard appears so you can initialize the disk. > > rgds > b.. Roberto I have solved the issue and I would like to make the solution available for those of you who happen to come across this in your searches. Roberto is correct, the new drive must be "initialized" in Vista using Disk Management. However, this is not intuitive at all. Disk Management lists your disks at the bottom area of the screen. On the left panel it will say "Disk 0", "Disk 1", etc. On the right panel it will say "Vista C: Healthy" (or something similar). You have to actually right click on the left panel where it says "Disk 0" to get the option to initialize the disk. If you right click on the right panel then the "Initialize" option is not there and every other option is disabled.

12-11-2008, 12:05 AM	#7
KSilerJr Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Trying to add second HDD to Vista Home Premium Tbone, thanks for the little detail. That's what I was missing also. -- KSilerJr

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