When you connect a hard drive to your computer, it may happen that it does not appear in "My Computer" and is even absent in "Device Manager". Then the first thing to do is to see if the hard drive sees the computer's BIOS. If the hard drive is still detected in the BIOS, then the system has recognized it. In such cases, the hard drive will simply need to be manually connected already in the system itself.
It is necessary
Computer with Windows OS
Instructions
Step 1
Turn on the computer and immediately after that press the Del button on the keyboard. This will take you to the BIOS menu, in which select the Main menu. It contains information about all the main devices connected to the motherboard.
Step 2
You need to search for a hard disk in BIOS depending on the connection interface with which it is equipped. If your hard drive is equipped with an IDE interface, then you need to look for it in the Primary IDE Master and Secondary IDE Master sections. If the system sees a hard drive, then information about the model of the hard drive, the manufacturer and the capacity of the hard drive is displayed opposite the line. By selecting this section and pressing Enter, you will see more detailed information about the hard drive. If the system does not see the connected hard drive, then Not detected will appear on the contrary.
Step 3
If you have a hard drive with a SATA connection interface, then you need to search, respectively, opposite the SATA items. For example, let's say you plugged a hard drive into the second SATA connector on your motherboard. Therefore, information about it should be opposite the SATA 2 item. To view additional information, you must also select this section and press Enter. As in the previous case, if the system does not recognize the connected device, you will see Not detected.
Step 4
The system should recognize the hard drives as soon as they are connected. If you connected a hard drive and the BIOS does not see it, there may be several reasons. Perhaps the connection loop is coming off. Then you need to check everything and reconnect. It may also be that the connection loop is out of order, so you need to try another one. It may also happen that you forgot to connect the power supply to the hard drive. Do not exclude the breakdown of the connection interface on the motherboard itself. It is worth trying to connect the hard drive to a different interface. The surest way to test your hard drive is to connect it to another computer.
