WD HDD not being visible to Win7

[x509]

I just got WD 700G HD. I have couple of issues


1: I am not comfortable with the fact that i am having a 300MB partition which has some data (drivers etc) and WD specific software.
2: I formatted rest of my partition with GPARTED to NTFS. This partition is now visible to my windowsXP SPII, but when i plug it in Windows 7 (64 bit) it doesn't show up. I can see that 300MB partition but the other parittion is not showing up. What should i do?


I have tried installing the update WD software, i have installed the 64 bit driviers from that 300MB partition but nothing works. Windows shows me that new hardware has been installed and ready to use, but when i go to My Computer i see nothing.

[DakshaMira]

Right click on My Computer > Manager. Go to Disk Management and look for your partition. It might not be formatted properly because of which you are facing this issue. If still you are not able to see the partition try to update your SATA or IDE drivers. A hard drive firmware update might fix the issue. You can download the firmware from official website.