Unable to access two new hard drives

I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my machine
and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
they are both listed in device manager as working properly.

Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
reboot and still the same symptoms occur.

Did you go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management,
highlight Disk Management and initialize, partition, format and assign drive
letters?

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"Corey" <> wrote in message
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>I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
> currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my machine
> and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
> they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
>
> Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
> installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
> reboot and still the same symptoms occur.

Have you partitioned and formatted the drives using disk management?

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"Corey" <> wrote in message
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>I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
> currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my
> machine
> and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer
> yet
> they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
>
> Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
> installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after
> a
> reboot and still the same symptoms occur.

That was it. Thank you Cal Bear and David B.

I was looking around for a way to format them etc. But just never knew the
direct path to do it. Still getting used to Vista's interface so its harder
to find things.



"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Did you go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management,
> highlight Disk Management and initialize, partition, format and assign drive
> letters?
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Corey" <> wrote in message
> newsF095C08-3C21-47F0-9F18-...
> >I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
> > currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my machine
> > and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
> > they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
> >
> > Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
> > installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
> > reboot and still the same symptoms occur.
>
>

You're welcome.

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"Corey" <> wrote in message
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> That was it. Thank you Cal Bear and David B.
>
> I was looking around for a way to format them etc. But just never knew the
> direct path to do it. Still getting used to Vista's interface so its harder
> to find things.
>
>
>
> "Cal Bear '66" wrote:
>
>> Did you go to Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Computer Management,
>> highlight Disk Management and initialize, partition, format and assign drive
>> letters?
>>
>> --
>> I Bleed Blue and Gold
>> GO BEARS!
>>
>>
>> "Corey" <> wrote in message
>> newsF095C08-3C21-47F0-9F18-...
>> >I have Windows Vista Ultimate 64 installed on a WD Raptor 150gb drive
>> > currently and I just installed two new SATA 500GB Samsung HDs into my
>> > machine
>> > and I am unable to even access them. They don't show up on my computer yet
>> > they are both listed in device manager as working properly.
>> >
>> > Any idea on why I can't access the hard drives at all? They seem to be
>> > installed and working. I've even disconnected them and reconnected after a
>> > reboot and still the same symptoms occur.
>>
>>