Add hard drive to media center m7160n

i added a western digital 500 gb hdd to my hp media center m7160, no problem physically. os dosen't find the new drive although both set-up and device manager see it. device manager says it is working correctly, but that it has not been initalized. question: how do i initalize it? many thanks, be well, peace. dp
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Hi,
You probably need to format the new HDD - try the following.
If you're running Windows XP, see the guide on the following link.
http://www.simplyguides.net/guides/prepare_second_hdd/prepare_second_hdd1.shtml
For Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8, continue as follows.
Hold down the Windows Key and press R. Into the Run Box type compmgmt.msc and hit enter. Click Disk Management in the left pane and let the drives load up. Right click on your new HDD and select Format to start the Wizard. Windows will assign a Volume Label so if you’re happy with this, just leave the default one. File system is normally NTFS. Allocation Unit Size should be left as the default value. Select the option to perform a Quick Format if it is not already selected. Leave any other settings as default and click Ok and Ok again to start the process.
When this has completed, your new HDD should now appear when you look under Computer.
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