Hard drive not showing up?

Why on earth isn't my HD showing up? And why does it seem like nothing was installed quite right to begin with? It shows up perfectly fine when I check the Device Manager, yet for some reason, it's nowhere to be found under My Computer.

It’s probably best if you just go ahead and format it

If you open up Disk Management, you should see your hard drive listed there; you'll just need to initialize it so that it actually shows up under "This PC."

http://pcsupport.about.com/od/window...-windows-7.htm

I guess if you find that unallocated partition—it looks just like the one in the image—you could probably just right-click it, select "New Simple Volume," and then maybe just follow the prompts by clicking next until it's done.😉

It isn't actually giving me the option to perform a partial initialization; instead, it seems to be insisting on this full initialization... should I go ahead and proceed with that?



And while I'm at it, what am I supposed to make of these various conflicts showing up in my Device Manager?

I suppose we should probably get the hard drive sorted out first before moving on to anything else, so if you could just click on initialize and then follow the prompts provided...

http://www.overclock.net/t/1227647/h...use-in-windows

Jamie Price said:It isn't actually giving me the option to perform a partial initialization; instead, it seems to be insisting on this full initialization... should I go ahead and proceed with that?



And while I'm at it, what am I supposed to make of these various conflicts showing up in my Device Manager?

just go ahead and install the chipset drivers from the motherboard manufacturer

Everything seems to be working perfectly now. Thank you so much.

A new issue has surfaced.

It seems that whenever I step away from my computer for a while, the machine eventually powers down—specifically, it enters sleep mode. The trouble starts when I try to wake it up; simply moving the mouse isn't enough to get me back online. I find myself unable to connect to the internet entirely. When I attempt to run the network troubleshooter, the system insists that either the Ethernet cable isn't plugged in or that the connection itself is broken.
A full system restart seems to resolve the connectivity issue, though I suppose it is quite inconvenient that this doesn't work consistently every single time.

What should my next steps be?

This is a strange issue. Your easiest fix is probably just disabling sleep mode entirely.
Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options
You likely have "Balanced" selected right now. Go ahead and click "Change plan settings," then set "Put the computer to sleep" to "Never."

Alternatively, if you feel like digging deeper, head into your network sharing settings. Click on your active connection—it will likely be labeled "Local Area Connection"—then hit Properties and then Configure.
Once there, go to Power Management and uncheck everything related to saving power.

Christian Ross2 said:This is a strange issue. Your easiest fix is probably just disabling sleep mode entirely.
Control Panel > System and Security > Power Options
You likely have "Balanced" selected right now. Go ahead and click "Change plan settings," then set "Put the computer to sleep" to "Never."

Alternatively, if you feel like digging deeper, head into your network sharing settings. Click on your active connection—it will likely be labeled "Local Area Connection"—then hit Properties and then Configure.
Once there, go to Power Management and uncheck everything related to saving power.

This actually worked for me. Although I don't think I described my original problem quite right, what was actually happening was that it would kick me back to the login screen every single time the computer woke up from sleep mode.
Thanks