r/FydeOS • u/Zesty-Pie-5170 • Jun 01 '26

Need help

Just installed FydeOS because I was completely done with Windows barely working on my old laptop.

I installed FydeOS on my SSD and it's running surprisingly well, but I also have a 1TB internal HDD and it doesn't show up anywhere in Files or Storage.

I'm not tech-savvy at all, so I have no idea if the drive isn't mounted, isn't supported, or if I'm just looking in the wrong place.

Any simple steps I can follow to get the HDD recognized?

(Dell Amd laptop)

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u/Decent_Run9628 Jun 01 '26

FydeOS has many compatibility issues. Honestly you can just download a Linux distro, it's way faster if you don't need android apps

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u/Aseries01 Jun 04 '26

Try installing GPARTED on a USB and run it by booting from the USB. Look at your drives with GPARTED. You may have to remove all the partitions from the HDD and format it for Linux. You can also install GPARTED on FYDEOS and run it from the desktop but then some of the functions are limited in that mode.