Re: Sencond Hard Drive is missing on my Satellite A200

HI
I have a Toshiba A200 series, I have had so many problems and still are having tonnes of problems with it but I will start with the most important one as my hard drive is nearly full. My lap Top is supposed to have 2 142 GB hard drives. But in the computer Icon where i normally access my hard drives I can only see one hard drive, my second has disappeared at some point, but never noticed when as my original harddrive has only got to capacity recently.
I have looked everywhere for the darn thing and can't seem to find it to access it. and as my first hard drive is near full i am struggling with dowloads and general day to day activities on my beloved toshiba.
If anyone knows of this type of problem and could help a brother out it will be most appreciated :
Thanks guys

Hi sambambarino,
Well, if you cant see the second HDD in Windows Explorer you should check Windows Disk Management as Silas described. Maybe you need to format the HDD and or create a new partition.
If you cant find it, is it listed in BIOS?
HDD can only be used if its listed in BIOS correct, otherwise it seems to be malfunctioning and you need a replacement drive. :(

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