Installing a 2nd drive in Windows

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The discussion centers on the installation of a second drive in a Windows environment, specifically a 160GB slave drive. The user successfully recognized the drive in Device Manager and formatted it, but initially could not access it in Windows Explorer as Drive E:. The issue was resolved when it was discovered that the drive had not been partitioned correctly. Proper partitioning is essential for the drive to be recognized and accessible in Windows Explorer.

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  • Knowledge of drive formatting procedures
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  • Basic navigation of Windows Explorer
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This discussion is beneficial for PC builders, IT support technicians, and anyone looking to expand their storage capabilities in a Windows operating system.

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My bro has installed a slave drive on his windows box. He can see it in Device Manager, which can tell it's a 160Gb drive, and he's been able to format it too. (He's not switching drives, he's still got Windows running fine on his Master drive, he's simply adding a slave. )

He can't see it listed as Drive E: (after his DVD-drive) in Explorer.

There's got to be one step left that we've missed.
 
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Nevermind. He figured it out. He hadn't partitioned it properly.
 

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