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Power off your PC.<br />
Detach that Hard Disk (Data cable and Power cable).<br />
Power on your PC.<br />
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Open command prompt as Administrator<br />
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&nbsp;Type &nbsp;Diskpart &nbsp;and hit Enter <br />
&nbsp;Type &nbsp;Automount enable &nbsp;and Hit Enter<br />
&nbsp;Type exit and hit Enter.<br />
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Power off your PC.<br />
Attach your Hard Disk, power on and check if that can fix the issue.
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This is the secondary HD that I am replacing, still do the same procedure?
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Did you try <b>Automount enable </b>?<br />
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That will not harm your PC.
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You first have to create a partition and format it before you can assign a drive letter to it.
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No change, <br />
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David - I don't have that option when I right click, all I can do is what the screen shot shows.
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Exact same options as the screen shot
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Check your Hard Disk with it's Manufacturer tool for any errors.
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Wait, it gave the option for simple volume, I missed that.
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Thanks, it took so long to get the BIOS to see it I was too angry to see the simple volume option.
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I'm glad we could help. thanks.
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I finally got the BIOS to see the HD but now in Disk Management I do not have the option to assign a drive letter or to format it. &nbsp;Here is the screen shot which shows what options I get when I right click where it usually gives me the option to give it a drive letter. &nbsp;I also tried diskpart which did not see it to manually add a letter to it. &nbsp;I went back and forth from MBR to GPT but it did not make a difference.<br />
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WIN10 Pro 64bit<br />
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Any help is appreciated.<br />
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John<br />
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I finally got the BIOS to see the HD but now in Disk Management I do not have the option to assign a drive letter or to format it.  Here is the screen shot which shows what options I get when I right click where it usually gives me the option to give it a drive letter.  I also tried diskpart which did not see it to manually add a letter to it.  I went back and forth from MBR to GPT but it did not make a difference.

WIN10 Pro 64bit

Any help is appreciated.

John


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