HELP!! install another internal HDD: Hitachi 200GB @7200 rpm

[TheOaKMaN]

I just bought an internal harddrive which is Hitachi 200GB @ 7200 rpms as mention above. however, i put it in my Sager 9262 (on the slot beneath the battery) it wouldn't show up on my computer. Oddly enough it shows up on my device manager and the device manager says "the device is working properly"..... any help here? Im confused....... ill prolly ended up going to geek squad if i couldn't find any help... if anyone knows how to make the HDD shows on the my compter plz let me know.
PS: i tried booting windows off it but it just skipped the drive since nothing was there.............................. help plz :(

[Aryantes]

If it shows up in device manager, that is a good thing.

Right-click the "My Computer" icon and go to manage.

Find "Disk Management" in the left-hand menu.

Look at the right hand window and see if you can find any unidentified or unallocated drives.

I am not sure of the exact commands here but you should be able to

"Make the partition active" and "format" and it should show in my computer.

[kpauls]

you might just need to assign a drive letter to it using the disk manager

[Justin@XoticPC]

Aryantes had a good suggestion. It sounds as if the drive is not initialized or formatted yet. Once you do so in Computer Management you should see the drive fine. ;)

[TheOaKMaN]

Thank you everyone, the HDD wasn't partitioned ....... ooooo..... well i got it to work. Thanks all :D