
If you’re struggling to resolve this particular issue, this article will provide you with a list of verified troubleshooting steps.
New HDD is perceived as a foreign disk – Several users that encountered this issue for the same reasons have managed to get the issue resolved by importing the foreign disk inside the Disk Management utility. SATA (RAID) driver is not installed or corrupted – A number of users have reported that the issue was fixed after they re-downloaded and installed the SATA (RAID) driver from the motherboard manufacturer’s website.
HDD is included in a storage space – Several users have managed to resolve the issue after deleting the Windows virtual storage space that was using the HDD.This will force your operating system to find all the ATA devices again. Windows is unable to find ATA devices – There are several reports of users that have managed to resolve the issue after they deleted all ATA channels from IDE ATA/ATAPI controller.
Faulty SATA cable – If your HDD is showing in your BIOS Settings but it’s not showing inside Device Manager, it’s usually a clue that the SATA cable or port is faulty.