Help, laptop hard drive not being accepted

rgd1101

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in device manager? disk management?

 

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rgd1101 :

in device manager? disk management?

MY HARD DRIVE WON'T BE RECOGNIZED BY MY DESKTOP. هل تفهم؟

 

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USAFRet

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Storkz :

rgd1101 :

in device manager? disk management?

MY HARD DRIVE WON'T BE RECOGNIZED BY MY DESKTOP. هل تفهم؟

I'm pretty sure we're going to need a little more detail on this.
(and don't yell. Thanks)

 

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USAFRet :

Storkz :

rgd1101 :

in device manager? disk management?

MY HARD DRIVE WON'T BE RECOGNIZED BY MY DESKTOP. هل تفهم؟

I'm pretty sure we're going to need a little more detail on this.
(and don't yell. Thanks)

the big thing not showing the little thing on the screen connected to the big thing by wire.

 

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How are you not getting this?

 

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COLGeek

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The Arabic text earlier asks "Do you understand?".

Folks are trying to help you, by asking clarification questions. Either try to answer their questions, or no one will be able to assist.

 

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bignastyid

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"How are you not getting this?"
Distinct lack of needed information.

Without more information there is no way to answer your question as there are too many variables/ possibilities so without further information your question will go unanswered.

For starters how's the drive connected?
Saying the big thing is connected to the small thing with a wire is not going to cut it.

 

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bignastyid :

"How are you not getting this?"
Distinct lack of needed information.

Without more information, there is no way to answer your question as there are too many variables/ possibilities so, without further information, your question will go unanswered.

For starters how's the drive connected?
Saying the big thing is connected to the small thing with a wire is not going to cut it.

 

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bignastyid

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Is the drive detected in the bios? Was it working before it was pulled from the laptop?

 

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bignastyid :

Is the drive detected in the bios? Was it working before it was pulled from the laptop?

Yes, it was detected in BIOS. It had some files deleted on it and now I'm trying to wipe it and give it an operating system.

 

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rgd1101

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Storkz :

bignastyid :

Is the drive detected in the bios? Was it working before it was pulled from the laptop?

Yes, it was detected in BIOS. It had some files deleted on it and now I'm trying to wipe it and give it an operating system.

LIke I asked in the second post, it is in device manger? or disk management?

 

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rgd1101 :

Storkz :

bignastyid :

Is the drive detected in the bios? Was it working before it was pulled from the laptop?

Yes, it was detected in BIOS. It had some files deleted on it and now I'm trying to wipe it and give it an operating system.

LIke I asked in the second post, it is in device manger? or disk management?

How am I supposed to know from this?

 

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rgd1101

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And does it show up in disk management?
are you running windows 10?

 

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popatim

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Search for or run diskmgmt.msc

See if the laptop drive is listed there. Since it *used to be* a C: drive, windows could not use that letter again; the desktop already has a C: drive; so Its my belief that all you need to do is Right Click on the drive in diskmgmt and assign it a new drive letter. Otherwise you may have the option to format the partition if you only wished to do that.

Lastly, you can format the drive during windows installation from the screen that asks you where you wish to install windows to. Simply click the Drive Options link and from the next window you can delete the existing partition. There is no need to make a new one, windows will do that when it sees that the Drive is empty. Simply highlight the empty/Unallocated drive and click 'Next'

 

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