Windows 10 - How to Activate New Hard Drives and SSD’s Not Showing Up
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 22 ส.ค. 2024
- If your new HDD or SSD is not showing up and you have them properly installed in to your motherboard follow the steps on this video.
This tutorial will also work for Windows 7 and Windows 8/8.1 devices.
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Most of us probably use only one hard disk drive in the computer, but some people who need more space, tend to use two, as well. And some of the users who are using the second hard drive have reported that their computer isn’t able to detect the second one, after Windows 10 upgrade. So we came up with a couple of solutions, which, I hope, will solve the problem.
When a computer won't recognize a secondary hard drive or second hard drive not showing up properly, you must follow some do's and don'ts. At the same time, identify the root of the problem and find corresponding solutions.
This tutorial will apply for computers, laptops, desktops,and tablets running the Windows 10, Windows 8/8.1, Windows 7 operating systems.Works for all major computer manufactures (Dell, HP, Acer, Asus, Toshiba, Lenovo, Samsung).
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Great video. It made installing my new drive quick and easy. Thanks!
Thanks! It helped me set up my 1tb M.2 Drive
thx maTE
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thank you! Helped me out as I just bought a new SSD drive and its working now! cheers mate
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Now thats how you do a tutorial. No waffeling, straight to the point, well explained and at a steady pace. Good Job Sir
Thanks!
@@MDTechVideos but what if the ssd does not shown thwre
@@MDTechVideos what should i do now
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5 years later still perfect tutorial. Love people like you! 10/10!
4 years later and you're still saving lives sir! thank you!
Glad to help!
Lifesaver for us new builders out there 👌
Factual bro. My first build and I ran out of storage super quick.
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I was freaking out when I bought a new SSD. You save the day man. Like for sure!
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lmao same
SAME BRO THANK YOU !
Same but this was the first thing i found on the internet
i bought my pc off my brother, task manager was saying only 50% disk was being used and it was slowing everything down, finally found this and activated the SSD, thank you good sir, very simple, very concise, incredible
Glad I could help
I don't like TH-cam videos that often but I had to like this... Straightforward and it resolved my issue seamlessly
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2 yrs later...still a major help for many people. Thanks!! 🙏
Agreed, thank you for posting this!
You saved me from a heart attack on thinking I had a defective drive. Thanks my guy.
hell yeah thanks A lot brother
me too
Thanks man I was in the same predicament
Honestly I thought I wasted $100 this was a life saver
I got an open box drive and thought the same thing
Thank you so much my good sir. Bought a new ssd and didn't understand why it was not showing up! Saved me many tears. May your pillows always stay nice and cool, amen brother
Glad I could help
Hey 6 years later and this is the only video that helped me! Thank you and God bless you and your family!
dude how does no one else have this up lol . thank you
You're welcome!
Yeah literally had no clue about this when I got my new SSD. I will never forget this.
Nice, information is knowledge.
Yes, I was assuming Best Buy sold me a bad SSD Drive or there was something to the SATA iii or I needed a drive software to operate.
Well, I will give this a try! I just got here and am still thinking that I need to download some drive software, that's why I'm in the comment section before I start.
@@rafelemay5070 Did you fix it? Mine isn't even showing up in the BIOS or the disk partition management window. I don't know what to do.
@@mikeexits Always look at whether or not it appears in the BIOS first. If, as you say, it doesn't even appear there, then it's most likely that either the cables aren't plugged in where they belong, or even that the drive is damaged unfortunately. I'm no expert here but it could also be that the drive simply isn't compatible with your MB(which I find hard to believe) I hope you fix your problem soon. Lucky it's only a drive.
@@mikeexits either double check the connection or it might be that you just got a lemon. sucks if it's the second thing....
Tysm for not making me watch a 20 minute video and just showing it straight
6 years later still saving lives. what a legend
Thank you! I was thinking my cables weren't connected properly or something 😂
sameeee bro
same. lifesaver
Mee too
First PC, and thought I already broke it
I just built my fist pc and same it has been driving me crazy.
You sir just saved me from haveing a massive adult size tantrum over 20tb
thats a lot of hentai
20 TB dude wtf you got on there?? 🤣🤣
This dude done traded in his brand new car for the m.2 ssd instead
@@bigguspeepus9596 thats light work to him he tryna go to 50
YES, a statue of example to all youtubers doing tutorials.No background music, no bullshit, straight to the point!
Glad to help.
We had to watch your video twice before we understood how to boot up a new crucial ssd external hard drive, thanks all good.
Short and to the point. It's been awhile since I installed a new drive and I nearly had a heart attack when I booted up my computer and didn't see my new SSD listed in file explorer. I had completely forgot about the disk management module until I watched this video. Had my new SSD up and running in less than 2 minutes. Thank you for this video!
2 years later and it’s still relevant, thank you
2024 and this video is still awesome. You are a goddamn legend sir.
3 hour attempt at troubleshooting when the solution was only 4 minutes long. Amazing video
Years later and this video came clutch, I appreciate you so much, giving love from 2020
Thanks for not making this difficult and long for no reason. Straight to the point and exactly what I was looking for since it's been a while.
Glad it helped
Grandfather gave me a new 4TB SSD and I was worried that it wasn't compatible. Saved me an entire night's worth of time. Appreciate it!
Glad it helped
This may be a stupid question, but how can I do this if the "Unallocated Space" tab isn't there for me to right click on? What do I do then?
scroll down, if you have more than 2 disks you wont see the others until you scroll down, either that or your hardware is not working properly
I was scared that I had to open my pc back up and fix the SSD 😂
same bro.
TRueeeeeeee but we were at least smart enough to check on youtube first :D
ong same
i looked bc i thought it wasnt plugged in i had to move so many cables
SAAAME!!! I was so annoyed and frustrated
Thanks! I changed my operating system to a m.2 then couldn't find my HDD until I found this video.
Glad I could help!
like dude if every channel just got down to business like this, i would be 5 years younger. subbed.
Glad it helped
Thank you. This was the only missing info from every tutorial out there. Did not know what simple volume was.
You're welcome!
Thanks For the Tutorial dude! It works for me! :D
I've had a drive for a while and I followed the other tutorials and I was confused why it wasn't working. Thank you so much!
@@MDTechVideos Hey man, ive got an issue u might help me, i got a kingstone 120gb ssd card, plugged it in, and open BIOS and it shows me that the ssd is connected, also when i check on device manager I see on disks, the ssd and its full name and shows the the device is working propetly.
but when i want to intilize it , I dont even see it on Disk Managment, not even as Unlocated disk, PLASE HELP IVE TRIED EVERYTHING
Smooth. Right to the point and no useless talking and stalling. Much appreciated!
Thank you my lord, i know i am gonna repeat majority of comments here but this is perfect example how a tutorial should look like. You´ve given birth to my new SSD :)
Used this video a few years ago. I just got a new drive and I came back to this video again 😂 love it!
Happy to help
Excellent tutorial video, couldn't find this piece of information anywhere else! TH-cam University hero.
You're welcome!
Same, simple and clear
Your absolutely right
if your HDD or SSD isnt showing up on the partitions part of this video, make sure the sata data cable is plugged into the correct slot on the mobo, many mobos will need you to plug it in in a certain order. you can find the order in the manual, or written on the mobo next to the sata data ports
Thanks, man! It was driving me crazy not having my system detect my new ssd. I looked up my MOBO and found on my MSI b450 gaming plus max, sata 5-6 aren't available if you use the m.2 slot. Powered down and swapped to a different sata port and the ssd was immediately recognized.
you are a mvp.
@@ImConstantlyConfused dude thank you so much I randomly saw this and I have the same mobo it worked perfect all I did was swap slots
Life saver
that... explains a lot
Man from almost 6 years ago… I love you
I never leave comments but people aren't joking this is the best tutorial ever, simple, fast and works holy shit thank you man
So good mate! Literally didn't have to pause, I started the video not knowing how to set up my new SSD and finished it uninterrupted with my new SSD all set up in just 4 minutes! Legend!
People like you are the reason I can use computers, thank you.
This was the first tutorial that actually worked first try
You're welcome!
6 years later and its still relevant. Easy to forget that pc parts are not always plug and play.
it dosent work for me, when i go to the disk manegment is dosent appear a black bar over i.
when i installed the new ssd i used my old cabels from my hdd and put the new cables to my hdd that i had in for a while, does that effect anything pls someone help me
Hey @Zapo, did you ever get this resolved?
same rn..
@sph0rk do you see the new drive? If you do not it could be a cabling issue. I know that on my new MSI Motherboard I had to use the next consecutive sata connection I could not skip 1 or two for convenience
Me, after watching countless videos for my issue, finds this video and learns how simple it is. Damn :D
5 years after you released this video, it's still helping people. I've been trying to figure this out for f#$king hours man and this video solved it all. You, Sir, are awesome.
Glad I could help
four years later and this still works TYSM
Glad it helped!
Great tutorial! Needed a quick refresher and this was straight to the point and concise.
Thanks!
After way too many Google searches...finally found this video. Quick, simple, and to the point... exactly what I was looking for. Great video, thanks!
4 years later and this video still saving lives
Glad it helped
2023 and this tutorial still helping folks like me lol .. Appreciate the guide!
Glad it helped!
Wow I spent 2hrs browsing online on how to make my hard drive work and nothing worked came on to TH-cam and boom problem solved within 5minutes.
You are a life saver
Glad to help Jorge.
epico, thank you dude.
Any time
@Omer Akcan An SSD doesn’t improve in game performance, SSD’s are known for increasing things like load times and download speeds as well as boot times etc , I suppose an SSD could improve in game performance of things like textures are being loaded from the SSD but it won’t be noticeable really
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Of all the tutorials I’ve ever watched on TH-cam this is the ONLY one that’s worked first try.
Glad to help.
I know you posted this 6 years ago but thank you so much I really appreciate it thank you for such an easy tutorial
Thank you for being simple and straight to the point and not going around what we are asking for, love this man
Easily the most straight forward, helpful tutorial I’ve ever watched. Thank you so much. I’ll be subscribing for sure
I always forget to do this and start freaking out 😂 thank you
still helping people 5 years later. thank you so much! 🖤
Glad it helped!
Thank you so much, recently bought a really expensive 1tb m.2 ssd and i thought i had broke it, works perfectly now!
You're welcome!
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The sale thing with me, i was so scared lol
The black unallocated isn't showing up for me, what do I do?
I swear to god I actually love this guy, he is very concise and really gets right to the point and describes everything needed to know about the topic. Amazing tutorial and worked outstandingly. My new ssd worked perfectly. Thanks so much man, it means a lot.
That is great to hear.
Dude you're my hero and savior. Can't believe how many videos I watch that don't help me whatsoever, unlike this amazing video. Did not even take me 5 minutes to get my ssd back up and working thanks to you man. Big ups to you and the fam. Family. Family. FAMILY.
As someone who is completely illiterate with PC stuff like this, this video was amazing help. Thanks so much!
Glad it helped!
Excellent video, I hope this video shows up first for anyone with this issue. As simple has it is, it can be easy to forget when you don't do it on the regular. So thanks for make it straight forward and without unnecessary fluff. Very professional and well done.
Incredibly simple and to the point, I really appreciate the help, I've recently built my very first pc (all around new to them) and decided to buy both SSD and HDD for storage but just noticed that when I try to choose a specific storage device to save specific games to that I only saw the 1tb SSD and not the 2tb HDD. Your video made quick work of my problem!
Still helpful 5 years later, thank you very much.
Glad it helped!
Couldnt find the solution anywhere then found this you are a god amongst us mere mortals.
I have an ssd set up as my main and my hard drive is still plugged in and I need the extra space
But the hard drive isn’t showing up I have a power cable and a data cable plugged into the motherboard and the actually hard drive so plz help
Me too
Me too. Anyone get this figured out?
SadBoySerf I’m tryna get this figured out as well
Mine was literally just not plugged in all the way. Idk if that’s y’all problem but that’s what happened with mine.
Tommy Thompson read my reply to myrtle
Just finished building my pc, Save my life, thank you my dude 💝
4 years later and this helped me add a TB of SSD to my 2022 Helios Preditor, thank you.
This helped, got a 1000gb SSD for Christmas and didn't know what I was doing lol thanks
Glad it helped!
I legit had to get a refund for an external SSD I bought, and when I bought another one the same thing happened. I looked everywhere for solutions and this video was it
Sameee
lol
Thank you for making this simple, to the point and easy to understand. Saved me a lot of time/stress!
Glad it helped!
my god in the first 2 seconds of you talking i thought you were the guy from daily dose of internet always saying "hello everyone this is yooour daily dose of internet"
Still helped me 5 years later. Thank you, sir
Happy to help
Bro....THANK YOU!!
Happy to help
@@MDTechVideos Gonna add this to my liked because you already know I'm going to forget next time I upgrade. Got 1Gb internet but my brain is still DSL
Thank you so much dude! I almost hit my keyboard when i plugged my new SSD in and didn't see it at the File Explorer. Amazing!
haha exactly the same thing has just happened to me :D god bless the people making these tutorials
I come from 2024 Fucking Thank you dude!!! I was mortified.
Glad it helped
5 years later and this worked perfectly for me! Thanks!
You're welcome!
Holy shit thank you so much
You're welcome!
I appreciate this tutorial video. It helped me set up my new SSD, it was straight forward and easy to follow along. Thank you.
THIS ACTUALLY WORKED? TH-cam tutorial literally never work but THIS did. Thank You so much man
Glad to help!
Thanks. Still helping newbies to PC 5 years later!
Glad to help!
Worked for my m.2 drive which wasn't showing up. YOU'RE A GENIUS
You're welcome!
Extremely well made and detailed video. Excellent job, and thank you for helping me set up my new ssd :)
I miss helpful videos like this. Short, to the point, and everything I needed to know.
Simple and to the point... no extra ten minutes of fluff to try to monetize or trick TH-cam's search results.
Glad to help.
I'm so glad i came here before i went and returned my hard drive! i thought it just wasn't working😂😂
Same but i had an ssd
This was god tier, thank you bro!
You're welcome!
MDTechVideos thanks for this just made my first pc and my ssd wasn’t showing up thanks!!
OMG a TH-cam tutorial that actually works! I would thank several gods but I'll just thank the maker of this video for creating such a useful guide.
Love you bro !!! 6 years and still the saviour
YOOO THX SO MUCH I JUST BOUGHT AN M.2 SSD AND I WAS FREAKING OUT. IT WORKED THX
You're welcome
I've had to watch this 3 times. I forget between new SSD purchases.
I thought I put them in wrong Jesus this was so easy to follow it's amazing how they are hidden til you make them visible... Subbed
i come back to this video every few years. thanks for this
Glad you enjoy it!
Bruh I actually thought I had to mess around with the Bios to get my M.2 to work. You sir are a legend, straight to the point, worked easily. Cheers.
You're welcome!
Lol I want a M.2
@@tappineapple3381 You definitely should get one if you can, the speeds are amazing.
@@magnuslangslet4853 how much storage does yours have?
@@tappineapple3381 500 gigs
Thank you very much! Just got a samsung 970 evo and was scared when it didnt show up lol
You're welcome!
Funny, mine is a brand new 860 EVO. I wasn't so much scared as angry, but like yourself I was helped greatly by this.
Also here for 970 Evo not showing up...
Solar me too I bought an 860 and a 970. Neither showed up. Must be a Samsung thing
@@4someforlife nope
There is a reason why this has 2.2 million views. Kudos good sir!
Glad I could help!
This is the most no nonsense tutorial I have ever seen thank you