Windows 10: windows 11 -- I added a previously-used HDD to my PC -- the disk shows up in "Disk...

windows 11 -- I added a previously-used HDD to my PC -- the disk shows up in "Disk Management" but I cannot access it. -- Need help, please

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My new HDD is not showing up on disk manager, but shows up in BIOs

I tried doing that and the 4TB HDD (which would be disk 2 in this case) is not showing up in the disk list, just the first 2 disks aka disk 0 and disk 1

how would i do the rest of the steps if the HDD isn't in the CMD list disk at all?

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Disk Management

Hi Keith,

Thanks for providing the detail that was requested previously. Since the disk management screen that you saw is showing greyed out options, we suggest that you follow the steps below to change the partition type of your internal drive:

• Open Disk Management then right click the partition on the disk you want to covert and select Delete Volume.
• Once you complete the process you will see the whole disk shown as two separate unallocated spaces. Right-click the disk and select Convert to GPT disk.

After the conversion, you will be able to use the whole disk and then you can create new separate partitions.

We look forward to your response to our queries.

 

HDDs attached to PCIe SATA expansion card not showing in Windows 11 Device Manager or Disk Management

Three hard drives are connected to 3 SATA ports on a PCIe SATA expansion card on an ASUS ProArt Z690 Creator motherboard, with Windows 11 Pro, and I don't see those drives in the Device Manager. I want to assign letters to each of these 3 hard drives and make use of them. In the Device Manager I find my 4 NVMe SSDs and one Western Digital HDD listed under Disk Drives. The active SATA ports on the motherboard are occupied by three optical drives and one Hdd. The other three HDDs connected to the SATA ports on the PCIe expansion card are not listed under Disk Drives. However in the Device Manager listed under "Other devices" are four PCI devices. R click on the PCI devices show PCI bus 0, and device 21 for all, and for each is shown funct 0, funct 1, funct2, and funct5. It says there are no compatible drivers for these PCI devices, no manufacturer is listed, so could these be the three HDDs attached to the SATA ports on the PCIe SATA expansion card? How can I discover the three HDDs attached to the SATA expansion card in Windows 11, and how can I get them listed as Disk Drives, and how can I find drivers for them, and how can I assign a letter to each of those HDDS and make use of the drives? Thank you.