Question SSD drive not showing as a folder in Windows

[daveb4]

Original Dell 2710, 32GB mSATA and 1TB HDD - all in one PC

My SSD drive 32GB has decided not to show on drive folder and is only available to see under ‘computer management’. I am also presuming that the SSD drive is still working and not broken.

I think this all happened with Windows 10 upgrade in February 2019 and everything is running off my HDD (originally had windows 7 running off SSD). I may have hit the wrong button sometime, but doubt it.

When in computer management it shows an unallocated disk but not the size of the SSD.

I am trying to speed up load time and I need to get the SSD working. I appreciate I can not load Windows 10 onto a 32GB SSD but what can I use it for?

I only use the PC for general usage of editing pictures, a few spreadshets, internet etc. and therefore it is perfectly adequate.

I do not want to reinstall windows if possible.

Questions:

1. How to get SSD working? Just use windows to set up? Or separate software requirement?

2. How do I get the computer to read the SSD drive to speed things up? Do I need to play with BIOS setting etc?

Thanks

 

[rgd1101]

https://downloads.dell.com/manuals/all-products/esuprt_desktop/esuprt_xps_desktop/xps-one-27-2710-aio_reference guide_en-us.pdf
one SSD with Intel Smart Cache support
the 32GB is for cache

https://www.dell.com/community/Desk...-card-cache-on-Dell-XPS-One-2710/td-p/3997215

 

[popatim]

Update intel RST to the latest version then you can resume disk caching in the RST app - unless your motherboard has a bios update that is required also.