Making use of hidden SSD

[Kevin Ronald]

I'm currently having an Acer Aspire S3 and it comes with an aprox 300gb HDD and a 20gb SSD.

The problem is while using the computer i can't find the ssd inside windows explorer. It's a waste that i'm not able to use the 20gb drive since i can install my OS there. I've tried looking in Disk Management and i could see the drive being listed with no name and shown as "Hibernation Partition". Here's a pic of the window:

So i'm wondering is there anyway that i can make use that i can make this ssd usable for both storing data and OS (Please notice that i've reinstalled my windows OS many times with norton ghost and there were no problems during the processes).

Thanks in advance.

For some reasons the picture is not shown on screen so here's a direct link to it
http://imgur.com/6tS6VdE

 

[Lutfij]

That 20GB SSD is more of a cache drive whereby apps that you frequently open get stored onto the cache drive meaning that you get a sense of a sped up application loading time. In essence that 20GB means squat when given to OS duties since the S will gobble all of it+updates+apps. In short, not worth tinkering with it. Leave it as is.

Fixed image link in your post.

 

[aquielisunari]

I'm currently having an Acer Aspire S3 and it comes with an aprox 300gb HDD and a 20gb SSD.

The problem is while using the computer i can't find the ssd inside windows explorer. It's a waste that i'm not able to use the 20gb drive since i can install my OS there. I've tried looking in Disk Management and i could see the drive being listed with no name and shown as "Hibernation Partition". Here's a pic of the window:

So i'm wondering is there anyway that i can make use that i can make this ssd usable for both storing data and OS (Please notice that i've reinstalled my windows OS many times with norton ghost and there were no problems during the processes).

Thanks in advance.

For some reasons the picture is not shown on screen so here's a direct link to it
http://imgur.com/6tS6VdE

There's SATA. There's mSata. There's Hybrid drives. Then there is the iSSD. You have the iSSD(integrated SSD) used as a cache. This is especially helpful with hibernation.

You'd have to replace the original drive if you wanted the added benefits of an SSD.

 

[Kevin Ronald]

That 20GB SSD is more of a cache drive whereby apps that you frequently open get stored onto the cache drive meaning that you get a sense of a sped up application loading time. In essence that 20GB means squat when given to OS duties since the S will gobble all of it+updates+apps. In short, not worth tinkering with it. Leave it as is.

Fixed image link in your post.

Thank you for your reply and image fixx. So there's basically nothing i can do than just let it be? What a pitty