Second internal HDD not being installed/recognized?

[jbarcus81]

I use an internal SATA drive for backup and storage.. I sometimes will unplug the drive from the system when ever I do a fresh OS install simply because I have erased the drive before, cried, then did it again... Anyway, here is the issue!! Fresh Win8 CP install, turned the PC off to plug the drive back in, booted up, nothing.... Doesn't recognize the drive, doesn't install.. I've tried using device manager and scan for hardware changes but nothing... am I missing something???

[BeerFan]

Check in Disk Management to see if the system sees the device. You may need to assign a drive letter.

[jbarcus81]

Check in Disk Management to see if the system sees the device. You may need to assign a drive letter.

There is nothing in there either... as if it's not even plugged in, but I've checked it 3 times to be sure... everything inside is just as it was on Win7 ...

EDIT:

Found it!! I had to run "ReScan Disks" inside of the Disk Manager... All is well!!! But I feel this should have happened automatically right?

[Hum]

Probably a bug in Windows 8 -- will be fixed in some future Update.

OR you could check the hard drive cable for tightness, or try a new cable.