Most, if not all programs automatically install to c: drive.

If your 6gb is your main drive, it is easier to keep it that way. You can use this to have Windows, and the programs that are already on there.

I would use the 8gb for storage. Anything you create...

Have you enabled sata in the bios..

Here's some ideas to try..

If it is showing up in the bios...
You need to partition and format all new hard drives. Go to the start menu, Right click My Computer->Manager->Disk Management You may...