My SSD drive isn't showing up in anywhere in disk management

[wall-ed]

I bought a Lenovo y510p Laptop and it comes with a 8 gb SSD drive, but I can't seem to find it in disk management

here's a screen shot

http://i.imgur.com/NYUBSs6.jpg

is there something wrong? Should I call after sales??

 

[nukemaster]

If your laptop came installed with Intel Rapid Storage Technology installed, check to ensure the drive is not being used as a cache drive. If it is, that would explain the drive not showing in Disk Management.

 

[USAFRet]

That 8GB drive is a cache for the HDD. I don't think it shows up as an individual drive.

 

[wall-ed]

If your laptop came installed with Intel Rapid Storage Technology installed, check to ensure the drive is not being used as a cache drive. If it is, that would explain the drive not showing in Disk Management.

I'm sorry for the bother, but how do I know whether its being using as a cache drive or not, here's a screen shot from the intel rapid storage status

http://i.imgur.com/l4ZbCEH.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/s8k1m0Y.jpg

 

[wall-ed]

That 8GB drive is a cache for the HDD. I don't think it shows up as an individual drive.

Ok but I just want to confirm that its there or being used, is there a way to do so?

 

[nukemaster]

I am not seeing the accelerated logo next to the drive(when they are accelerated they both show up like a small raid volume.), so I do not think the SSD is working or installed right.

 

[Mohammad Rayhan]

i have a same problem...pls help me.how may i solve this problem...or tell me,what i need to do???

 

[nukemaster]

If this is a custom system.

You need to ensure you have the latest software from Intel as well as a upto date bios for your board.

Most boards have to be set to RAID mode before enabling SSD cache.

Now if you are not already in RAID mode, you will need to perform a slight mod to the windows registry to switch to RAID mode from IDE or SATA.

For Windows 7 follow the instructions carefully.
http://www.overclock.net/t/1227636/how-to-change-sata-modes-after-windows-installation/0_40

For 8 it is a bit different.
MS has this
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2751461?wa=wsignin1.0

BUT I am sure they had a more easy registry edit(I used startoverride to go from RAID to AHCI without issues.).

The option of booting in safe mode if it works would be the most easy.
http://superuser.com/questions/471102/change-from-ide-to-ahci-after-installing-windows-8

Once you are running in RAID(some board makers will have a mode called SRT while others will just use RAID. refer to the manual) and able to get into Windows without issues, you should be able to enable SSD caching.

Please note that enabling SSD caching will erase data on the SSD and if you have a large enough ssd(120+ gigabytes for most users) you are better to just have Windows and common programs on it instead and keep personal files and less used programs on the hard drive.

If this is the same system as the OP, you may need to contact Lenovo because they have a custom setup here by the look of things..