Question How can I go back to having 2 different drives.

[Kuvocz]

So, yesterday I did a windows downgrade everything went good. But when I booted up my pc it felt a bit slow and strange. I looked at my explorer and saw that my D:\ was gone. When I looked further into it I found out that my SSD and my HDD where just put together in my C:\ drive. Now, 5 hours later, I still do not have a fix for this. Hope somebody here might have a solution or anything in that direction.

 

[USAFRet]

So, yesterday I did a windows downgrade everything went good. But when I booted up my pc it felt a bit slow and strange. I looked at my explorer and saw that my D:\ was gone. When I looked further into it I found out that my SSD and my HDD where just put together in my C:\ drive. Now, 5 hours later, I still do not have a fix for this. Hope somebody here might have a solution or anything in that direction.

A 'downgrade'? From what to what?

Look in Windows Storage Spaces.

And a screencap of your current Disk Management window, please.

 

[Kuvocz]

Windows version 21h2 -> Windows version 1709.

https://imgur.com/zEEk1YI

View: https://imgur.com/zEEk1YI

https://imgur.com/t01tjyH

View: https://i.imgur.com/t01tjyH

 

[USAFRet]

And what physical drives are these?
Make/model/size?


Why the 1709?

 

[Kuvocz]

I know the SSD is a Samsung SSD it should be around 120gb I think. The HDD, no idea really what brand. Since I bought this pc 2-3 years ago as a pre-built... The 230gb that's also included is my USB. No idea why this was also added to there.

Some friends of mine suggested it for gaming.

 

[USAFRet]

I know the SSD is a Samsung SSD it should be around 120gb I think. The HDD, no idea really what brand. Since I bought this pc 2-3 years ago as a pre-built... The 230gb that's also included is my USB. No idea why this was also added to there.

Some friends of mine suggested it for gaming.

Well, we NEED to know the specifics on the drives.

That Disk 0 looks like a standard 1TB HDD.
No 'merger' of a 1TB HDD and 120GB SSD.

And your friends are absolutely wrong on the 1709 and gaming.

 

[Kuvocz]

Mhm, no. The HDD was I think like 700gb ish.

I link the names of the drives in the pic. Top= HDD, Bottom= SSD.

https://imgur.com/LPxoPWw

View: https://i.imgur.com/LPxoPWw


And ye you are right about the gaming part I geuss atm lol.

 

[USAFRet]

In your pic, from top to bottom:

DVD
USB Flash drive
1TB WD Blue (WD10EZEX)
https://documents.westerndigital.co...-sheet-wd-blue-pc-hard-drives-2879-771436.pdf

SSD is completely absent.

 

[Kuvocz]

Oh damn ye I see that now, any fixes to get it back?

 

[USAFRet]

Oh damn ye I see that now, any fixes to get it back?

Well, you have to discover what the actual problem is.

Open up the case.
Eyeball the drives.
Post here the make/model of whatever HDD and SSD you find in there.


It may be a case of the SSD disconnected.
Or it may have died.
Or it may never have existed at all.

 

[Lev1n]

Cant you see it on bios or format screen?

 

[Kuvocz]

Aight, ill try that in a bit. But I mean, can it disconnect without it being moved?

And never existed? It worked for 2-3 years perfectly, it should exist then no?

 

[Kuvocz]

Cant you see it on bios or format screen?

Ill look in my bios screen rq, where should I normally find it instantly? I have a MSI mobo.

 

[Lev1n]

Ill look in my bios screen rq, where should I normally find it instantly? I have a MSI mobo.

check storage tab

 

[USAFRet]

Aight, ill try that in a bit. But I mean, can it disconnect without it being moved?

And never existed? It worked for 2-3 years perfectly, it should exist then no?

Physical verification of what is in there, please.

Anything else is just speculation.

 

[Kuvocz]

check storage tab

I just checked and as you can see in the picture I indeed have a SSD and its operational.

https://imgur.com/ZssiXJK

View: https://i.imgur.com/ZssiXJK.jpg
. So no idea why its not showing up

 

[Kuvocz]

Physical verification of what is in there, please.

Anything else is just speculation.

Ye I will try. But as seen in the pic above it works, well the bios can see that its there. So it can not be a mistake in the pc case itself no?

 

[Lev1n]

I just checked and as you can see in the picture I indeed have a SSD and its operational.

https://imgur.com/ZssiXJK

View: https://i.imgur.com/ZssiXJK.jpg
. So no idea why its not showing up

Go to format screen If you want windows on it just install windows to ssd. If you dont want just wipe it and exit format screen go to windows you will see it on windows storage as a unallocated device.

 

[USAFRet]

Ye I will try. But as seen in the pic above it works, well the bios can see that its there. So it can not be a mistake in the pc case itself no?

Nothing is ruled out until it is all working.

Why and how was the OS installed on the HDD?
Why is the SSD not visible?

 

[Kuvocz]

Go to format screen If you want windows on it just install windows to ssd. If you dont want just wipe it and exit format screen go to windows you will see it on windows storage as a unallocated device.

I will try this in a bit yes.

 

[Kuvocz]

Nothing is ruled out until it is all working.

Why and how was the OS installed on the HDD?
Why is the SSD not visible?

True about that.

Downgrading, and with a USB.

No idea why its not visible.

 

[Lev1n]

Nothing is ruled out until it is all working.

Why and how was the OS installed on the HDD?
Why is the SSD not visible?

I didnt check those screenshots above. Ssd was clearly there. Showing with usb disk. You can see it they are there(128 gb sdd,240 gb usb disk). Its probably he just did a mistake and installed os to hdd.

 

[USAFRet]

True about that.

Downgrading, and with a USB.

No idea why its not visible.

I know the 'downgrade' was part of the Why...but Why on the HDD and not the SSD?

 

[Kuvocz]

I didnt check those screenshots above. Ssd was clearly there. Showing with usb disk. You can see it they are there(128 gb sdd,128 gb usb disk). Its probably he just did a mistake and installed os to hdd.

Ye it was indeed a mistake the HDD. The USB is 230gb. But I did it once on HDD on accident to, but SSD was still there all the time tho. But I think I did not see the SSD while trying to install to a drive.

 

[USAFRet]

I didnt check those screenshots above. Ssd was clearly there. Showing with usb disk. You can see it they are there(128 gb sdd,240 gb usb disk). Its probably he just did a mistake and installed os to hdd.

And it is NOT visible in the Disk Management window.