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    Solved! Toshiba P870 HDD

    Problem Solved, thank you for your input it certainly helped in my thinking. I thought it must be a simple solution and it was. I tried removing the main SSD from it's slot and plugged it into the second HDD space, turned the laptop back an and it worked as though everything was fine, There are...
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    Solved! Toshiba P870 HDD

    I'm now trying a WD 320Mb HDD that I have spare, still not recognizing that, It is almost as though a dip switch needs to be set somewhere to tell the computer that a second HDD is in place but I can't find the technical specs for the computer only the user manual.
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    Solved! Toshiba P870 HDD

    I'm using Windows 8.1
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    Solved! Toshiba P870 HDD

    Thanks, unfortunately it is not showing up.
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    Solved! Toshiba P870 HDD

    Hi, I have a Toshiba P870 that has capacity for a 2nd internal HDD, I have plugged in a 1TB SSD but it is not being recognized, do I need to format this 2nd drive first or is there something else I need to do to get the laptop to recognize it?