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G75VX new HDD - can't use?

xLemmon
Level 7

‎11-23-2013 09:25 AM - last edited on ‎03-06-2024 06:50 PM by Community Admin

I'm not a computer hardware wiz, so please bear with me. I bought a new 7200 rpm WD black hard drive to replace the primary drive in my G75. I opened up the casing, put it in the second bay (left one), and closed it up, thinking that was all I had to do to use my new drive. When I open up My Computer or Disk Management, the new drive isn't there. I opened up the BIOS and under boot devices it appears as "P1 WD7500BPKX" Do I need to download a driver or something for it to work??
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GLTYSPRK343
Level 7

‎11-23-2013 11:40 AM

You might need to format it first. Try using the Disk Management utility first. Remember... this will wipe everything off the drive.
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xLemmon
Level 7

‎11-23-2013 03:41 PM

The disk isn't showing up to format though.. Only have a Disk 0 and CD-ROM.
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xLemmon
Level 7

‎11-24-2013 08:31 AM

30136 Doesn't show on Disk Mgmt
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xLemmon
Level 7

‎11-24-2013 03:45 PM

got it to work. Upgraded to Window 8.1 and it showed up in Disk Mgmt.
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