Author Topic: New HD, formatted, but no disks found (Read 10303 times)

geometer · « **on:** March 31, 2018, 02:19:42 pm »

New HD, formatted, to be used to install Windows 7 Pro.

No disks, drives or partitions found.

How do I proceed?

Boggin · « **Reply #1 on:** March 31, 2018, 03:20:53 pm »

It needs to be initialised.

I think this article should go some way in helping you with that but I'm not sure if you should be naming it New Volume.

https://www.howtogeek.com/268901/why-your-new-hard-drive-isnt-showing-up-in-windows-and-how-to-fix-it/

As it's for Win 7 then perhaps you should chose MBR instead of GPT with it being an older version of Windows but when using a drive in excess of 2GB you would need to use GPT.

I didn't have any such problems when I replaced a HDD in one of my laptops but I used a system image to load everything back on rather than a clean install.

geometer · « **Reply #2 on:** April 01, 2018, 10:17:24 am »

DskMgmt shows drive w/"no media."

EaseUs Master Partition Manager claiming to fix problem does not show problem drive!

Boggin · « **Reply #3 on:** April 01, 2018, 10:29:24 am »

How did you manage to format it ?

geometer · « **Reply #4 on:** April 01, 2018, 12:42:40 pm »

yes, see subject above: Re: New HD, formatted, but no disks found

Boggin · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2018, 03:06:17 pm »

What I was asking was if the HDD isn't listed, how did you select it to format it ?

geometer · « **Reply #6 on:** April 01, 2018, 06:11:04 pm »

The HD was new and I formatted it thinking that was necessary for the Windows 7 installation.

Apparently, my mistake as I ended up with a "no media" drive.

Can it be fixed?

Boggin · « **Reply #7 on:** April 02, 2018, 12:53:08 am »

If the steps in this article don't resolve then see if you can get a RMA by telling them it doesn't work.

https://aluratek.com/helpdesk/655110-PC-doesnt-recognize-new-hard-drive