Question hard drives gone after installing a new ssd

[Blos88]

hello all

so today i installed a new ssd nvme M.2 970 evo plus 1tb
works fine no problem, windows reconigzed it

but my old drives, who are HDD WD 1 500gb and the other 1TB they are gone, im currently have disc C: and the two M.2 that my board has.

i changed the letters and from the sata conectors.
before installing the new one was working fine the 2 old drives

 

[Nighthawk117]

hello all

so today i installed a new ssd nvme M.2 970 evo plus 1tb
works fine no problem, windows reconigzed it

but my old drives, who are HDD WD 1 500gb and the other 1TB they are gone, im currently have disc C: and the two M.2 that my board has.

i changed the letters and from the sata conectors.
before installing the new one was working fine the 2 old drives

The motherboard has a limited number of PCI-E lanes, it's common for a SATA port to be disabled when you populate the second M.2 slot. What motherboard do you have?

 

[USAFRet]

What specific motherboard?
Often, one or more SATA ports are disabled when using something in the M.2 port.

 

[Blos88]

i have a asus tuf b450m-pro gaming AM4

i have 5 discs.missing the ones that i told u

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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*1 The M.2_1 Socket shares bandwidth with the SATA_5/6 ports, and therefore the SATA_5/6 ports cannot be used when an M.2 device is installed.
*2 The M.2_2 Socket shares bandwidth with the SATA_3/4 ports, and therefore the SATA_3/4 ports cannot be used when an M.2 device is installed.

 

[Blos88]

can u help how to proper installa the missing HDDS?

https://ibb.co/Lknx1v2

here is a picture of the currents nvme and hdds

its only reconigzing the the crucial one that im using now with win10

 

[USAFRet]

can u help how to proper installa the missing HDDS?

https://ibb.co/Lknx1v2

here is a picture of the currents nvme and hdds

its only reconigzing the the crucial one that im using now with win10

Using the M.2 drives, those ports are disabled.
There is no "install".

 

[Blos88]

so my old drives cannot be used?

 

[USAFRet]

so my old drives cannot be used?

SATA port 3, 4, 5, 6 are physically disabled.

A 4 bay external enclosure would hold these drives.
https://www.amazon.com/Mediasonic-PROBOX-SATA-Drive-Enclosure/dp/B09WPPJHSS

Or a PCIe - SATA adapter.
https://www.amazon.com/Ziyituod-Controller-Expansion-Profile-Non-Raid/dp/B07SZDK6CZ

 

[Nighthawk117]

so my old drives cannot be used?

You can use one of them by moving it to SATA port 2.

 

[Blos88]

yes i did that

i have windows on port 1 and the 1tgb on port, 3 nothing, port 4 with the 500gb but cannot use it

that pci card cant use my gpu blocks the port

if i buy a ne board maybe i could use all the drives?

 

[USAFRet]

if i buy a ne board maybe i could use all the drives?

PCIe adapter, linked above.

 

[Nighthawk117]

that pci card cant use my gpu blocks the port

Do you mean the little PCI-E port above the GPU cannot be used? I assume you don't mean the second full length x16 slot.

if i buy a ne board maybe i could use all the drives?

Yes you could, but you would need to check the board specifications first and I would go ATX if you can fit it. X570 boards have more PCI-E lanes so they have greater options for expandability. This does seem like using a sledge hammer to crack a nut though.

I think you will be fine with a B550 actually if you were to change the board, you can use both M2 slots on the Asus Tuf B550M Plus and 4 SATA ports. If you want more then perhaps look at X570.

 

[USAFRet]

Alternate solution:
Buy a single 20TB HDD.
Consolidate all data from your existing 4 HDD.

 

[Blos88]

thank u everyone for u answers

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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