Use my G Raid Thunderbolt Hard Drive in Bootcamp

I have a 4 TB G Raid with Thunderbolt hard drive that I would like to access from my bootcamped Windows 7 half of my Mac. Some googling showed that it needs to be plugged in at startup for thunderbolt to work and that it should install the neccessary drivers. It hasn't installed the drivers and I'm fairly certain that everything is plugged in as it should be as the extra monitor that is daisy-chained through the hard drive does work. Does anyone know where I can find the drivers or where in the device manager I would find the hard drive?

Have you tried it without the extra Monitor connected?

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CHRIIIIIIIS!!!
Problem!
first off, you're a genius. thanks for helping everyone around here.
Second.
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When I open Disk Utility I get this....
It really broke the partition, it used to be named "BOOTCAMP"
Any help would be appreciated and yes i know how to use terminal, if that helps you.
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Awesome, this just saved my sanity, thank you!
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1661
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http://www.cultofmac.com/thunderbolt-target-disk-mode-requires-apples-special-ca ble-tip/103270
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Matt cool...
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I believe this issue is caused by bad ground coupling between the two devices, some of the induced charge can spark between connectors in the thunderbolt port causing computer to basicly freeze.
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This method has been working for me.

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