HDD Shows on BIOS but not on Windows 10 or Device Manager

[manny2513]

Ok I have Dual SSD Drives working on Raid 0 and 1 Internal Storage HHD Drive.

The issue is that the HDD Drive does show up on Bios but it does not show on my PC

See how it shows up fine on on RAID Settings and BIOS

Here is what I see on My PC

Here is what I see on Device Manager

I also tried using SeaTools from SeaGate as other threads suggest but this is what SeaTools detect:

Does anybody have an idea on how to resolve this matter?

 

[GhislainG]

Your issue is rather obvious. The RAID 0 is made of the second SSD on port 1 and the HDD on port 3 (member disks). Break the RAID and add the SSDs on ports 0 and 1 to the RAID 0 and leave the HDD on port 3 as a non-RAID drive.

 

[manny2513]

@GhislainG thanks a lot for your answer. I am sorry if I am not that advanced but do you mind elaborating a bit more. When you say break the RAID does that means to delete the current RAID and make a newone that has both SSD on RAID 0 and leave the HDD out of RAID 0?

If I do that would I lose all the data I got on the SSD like OS and programs?

Is there any tutorial around that shows how to do this you are saying?

I apologize for the questions is just that while I do understand a bit of the concept I am not a computer geek so I want to get a more dumbed down answer to make sure I am following the correct steps to fix my issue.

 

[GhislainG]

Yes; you need to start over. Depending on your Windows version, you may be able to perform a complete backup to an external drive and then restore to the new array. You have a DVD or USB key to install the OS? What version?

On your first screen, use function 2 to delete the RAID volume. Then use function 1 and select the SSDs. Once done, you should see "Member Disk(0)" for the SSDs and "Non-RAID Disk" for the Toshiba HDD.

 

[GhislainG]

With your current configuration, your RAID performs like 2 HDDs, not like 2 SSDs.

 

[manny2513]

I do have a windows cd with windows 8 and key but I upgraded to 10 when the update came out. I guess I have to start all over again and do a fresh install of windows 8 and upgrade to 10

 

[GhislainG]

If you have a home version, then that's your best option.

 

[manny2513]

Its actually Windows 8.1 Pro

Once again I apreciate you taking the time to answer this questions.

I will work on his tomorrow and report back on the results.

 

[GhislainG]

If you have 8.1 Pro, then perform a complete backup to an external drive.

Do you see this in File History? http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-81-tip-use-system-image-backup If so, then use it to backup the system to an external disk.

If not, then use this: http://www.howtogeek.com/167984/how-to-create-and-restore-system-image-backups-on-windows-8.1/ The restore procedure also is explained at that link and it works fine. I use it to restore complete backups to a new hard disk, but I haven't tried with a RAID 0.