Internal Hard Drive not working.

Hi, I have recently purchased a Seagate 1TB SSHD. I have plugged it into my computer, but it doesn't show up in the BIOS. However, it is recognised by Windows in Disk Management, but it says: 'Unknown, not Initialized.' Any idea of how I can fix this?
I have a MSI H81M-E33 motherboard.

Hi JangusAFC,
The BIOS at the hardware layer and Windows management information depend on the hardware present information, therefore you must did not found the hard disk option in correct
menu. You can refer your hardware manual or ask your hardware vendor for the further help.
More information:
Windows Storage Driver Architecture
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/ff566978(v=vs.85).aspx
I’m glad to be of help to you!
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