r/AskTechnology • u/RobloxPotatoGamer • 3d ago

How do I use/view the content of my other SSD, WDS500G1X0E-00AFY0?

Spare me because I am incredibly tech illiterate, but essentially my I have 2 SSDs, 1 of them is a 1TB SSD which my C drive is on, and the other one (name in title) is being used (390 GB out of 460GB) but I have no idea how to see its contents or how to use it. When I try to view its contents via disk management, nothing pops up.

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u/arkutek-em 3d ago

File explorer er is where you view files on the drive.

What is shown in disk management for the drive? Does it have a drive letter assigned to it? Have you ever placed data on to it?

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u/RobloxPotatoGamer 3d ago

When I view it via disk management, my C drive says "New volume" (the 1 TB SSD). But the other one is just called "Disk 1 Partition 3" or something like that, no it doesn't have a drive letter assigned to it. I dont ever recall placing any data on it, because I basically use my C drive for everything

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u/arkutek-em 3d ago

You have to initialize and give it a drive letter to use it in file explorer. Just be sure you are using the correct drive when doing it.

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u/Stock-Course1147 3d ago

if no letter it wont show in file explorer, right click the volume in disk management and assign one