I put in a SATA drive in my computer to run a SATA2 HD 120 gig from Western Digital (the sata drive was recommended by a Geek Squad guy). The Sata drive works just fine but my problem is my HD isnt showing up to use in "my computer" area. The new HD does show up in my installed hardware area though an the under volumes reads

Disk: Disk 1
Type: Unknown
Status: Not Initialized
Partition style: Not Applicable

have you installed sata drivers?

yes... also when I turn on my computer it ask if i want to set the new HD as primary 1 or 2

so set it as the second primary, i think that the trouble in this.

I've tried that first thing when trying to get it working.

Well since I can't get any reasonable help where I won't be treated like a complete n00b I'll seek help else where.

Woa buddy, dont get your panties in a twist. Have you formated the drive in windows yet in the disk manager? (right click on my computer and go to manage and you should see the options in there.)

Thats just it I can't format the HD because it doesn't show up under in that location like it should. Instead I have to find it under installed Hardware.

It shows up in device Manager, but not under Disk Management? That's quite weird. Can you check the disk on another computer to see if the disk itself isn't kaput?

Are you sure your computer is sata2 and not sata1? If its sata1 you will just need to use a jumper setting on it.