I recently ran low on hard drive space with my primary HD. I was informed that I would be able to purchase a second HD and copy some LARGER, less used files to it to free up some space. I PURCHASED a Hitachi 1TB SATA Internal HD. Plugged in the appropriate power supply cable and data cord and connected it to the motherboard. When I started my computer it recognized "new hardware". I am able to locate the new HD in my BIOS but unable to locate it in "my computer". I have 4 data cord plugs on my motherboard with different colors, does that make a difference which one I plug in to? Does it matter if my primary HD is IDE? How can I find the new HD and also what is the easiest WAY to copy music, picture and video files to the new HD? Better yet, is there a way I could copy ALL of the information to the new HD and not use the smaller one so I do not need to go back and forth between drives?

Thank you for any help in advance,
Evanvigor
Does it show in disc MANAGEMENT?If so you from there format the new driveTo expand on Xaviers comment right-click My Computer / MANAGE / Disk Management. Now follow his advice.

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