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.

 

[Kuvocz]

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

Ah okay. Ye on accident, no reason to install it on a HDD tbh. Looking if I can format on SSD. If it picks it up.

 

[Lev1n]

And it is NOT visible in the Disk Management window.

I dont know. I thought A partition was the ssd.

 

[USAFRet]

Ah okay. Ye on accident, no reason to install it on a HDD tbh. Looking if I can format on SSD. If it picks it up.

Right.
Back to basics...

Create a NEW Win 10 version to install with. Not 1709...the current version.

Power OFF.
Physically disconnect the HDD. Power and data cables.
Boot from the flash drive.
Does the SSD present itself as something to install to?

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[USAFRet]

I dont know. I thought A partition was the ssd.

It can't be like that.
Each horizontal space in the bottom half of Disk Management is a discreet physical device.
An SSD would have been a whole other line.

 

[Lev1n]

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.

Did you see it on format screen? If you did go wipe the hdd and just keep the 1709 its much responsive than new builds.

 

[USAFRet]

Did you see it on format screen? If you did go wipe the hdd and just keep the 1709 its much responsive than new builds.

No it is not.

 

[Lev1n]

No it is not.

Dont know what games you are playing but there is a 40 fps difference at csgo and 50 fps difference at valorant between 1709 and latest w10 build.

 

[USAFRet]

Dont know what games you are playing but there is a 40 fps difference at csgo and 50 fps difference at valorant between 1709 and latest w10 build.

Gonna need some documented performance tests on that.

 

[Kuvocz]

Gonna need some documented performance tests on that.

So i have my pc opened up rn. I found the ssd. But can not find the cables tbh that are linked to it.

 

[USAFRet]

So i have my pc opened up rn. I found the ssd. But can not find the cables tbh that are linked to it.

The Samsung SSD is a M.2 format.
There are no cables...port directly on the motherboard.

 

[Kuvocz]

The Samsung SSD is a M.2 format.
There are no cables...port directly on the motherboard.

Ah okay, so what are things i can do then?

 

[USAFRet]

Ah okay, so what are things i can do then?

Assuming you have a WIN 10 install USB already created...

Disconnect the HDD
Boot from the Win 10 USB
Start the install process, and see if the SSD shows up.