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gateway FX p-7811 hard drive ?

post #1 of 3
4/16/10 at 7:09pm
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i bought a second hard drive for my fx laptop. I installed it and looked like it recognized but when i go to computer i don't see it..
anyone have any ideas? i'm running windows 7 if that helps out
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post #2 of 3
4/17/10 at 10:50am
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Originally Posted by lospecv View Post
i bought a second hard drive for my fx laptop. I installed it and looked like it recognized but when i go to computer i don't see it..
anyone have any ideas? i'm running windows 7 if that helps out

It may just need to be initialized.

The first thing you need to do is go into the Control Panel, then double click on Administrative Tools. After that, open up Computer Management, then go to Storage, then Disk Management. This is where you will see all of your drives listed. Be extremely careful in this section because you don’t want to screw up your main hard drive.
What you are looking for in the Disk Management area is your new hard drive. If you only have one hard drive, it should show up as Disk 0. Therefore, your new drive should most likely be Disk 1. Underneath the name Disk 1 it should say Unknown, the size of the disk, and Not Initialized. Right click in this area and you should get a pop-up window. Click Initialize Disk and it should only take a couple of seconds.
Your hard drive is now ready to be formatted.


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post #3 of 3
4/18/10 at 5:48am
You might want to check if you have the latest BIOS update as well, since it would fix the dual drive issue on this specific machine.

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