cant see 2nd ssd in explorer

[Nigelb63]

I have a samsung evo 500 gb drive as my main drive C:\. i have recently fitted a second samsung evo 240 gb. this drive shows in device manager and in the properies of drive see-hardware. However, i can't see it in the explorer and therefore I cany write to it or read it. Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

Nigel 

[wb2001 · Accepted solution]

@Nigelb63,

 Prepping the new hard drive

Open Control Panel

Open Administrative Tools

Click to open Computer Management. If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation.

In the left pane, under Storage, click Disk Management.

Your boot drive will show up a Disk0. Stay away from that.

The added drive should show up as Disk1.

Right-click an unallocated region on your 'new" hard disk, and then click New Simple Volume.

In the New Simple Volume Wizard, click Next.

Type the size of the volume you want to create in megabytes (MB) or accept the maximum default size, and then click Next.

Accept the default drive letter or choose a different drive letter to identify the partition, and then click Next.

To format the volume with the default settings, click Next.

Review your choices, and then click Finish.

[Nigelb63]

thank you very much. that has worked a treat.

[wb2001]

@Nigelb63,

Glad to assist.  Thank you for the "Solution" flag.  It helps others know it worked.