[SOLVED] SSD/HDD - HDD no longer appears?

[sman7]

My computer power was going off shortly after me turning the computer on (it wouldn't boot up). I replaced the CMOS battery and that seemed to resolve the issue. However, once started up, my D drive (the HDD drive) no longer appears. I believe the SSD and HDD are a combo drive (I don't see a second component in the case). Any idea what has happened and if there is a fix? TIA

 

[popatim]

Is the SSD a module, perhaps an Intel Optane drive?

 

[sman7]

Is the SSD a module, perhaps an Intel Optane drive?

Unfortunately I have no idea. It’s a basic HP computer. If memory serves me correctly, it is a 1 TB hard drive and a 128 MB SSD. All I know is I had a C and D drive and now it only shows the C drive which is the SSD.

 

[popatim]

Link us to a screenshot of your Disk Management window please.

 

[sman7]

Link us to a screenshot of your Disk Management window please.

I've never done this so I hope it works:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/h27yhs55mgpd93k/Disk Management Screenshot.jpg?dl=0

 

[popatim]

TY.
The 1Tb drive is not shown.
Enter the bios and see if it is shown there plz. Also see which mode your Sata ports are in.
if it is then disable the Secure Boot option . Save & exit and see if it shows up in Windows now.

 

[sman7]

TY.
The 1Tb drive is not shown.
Enter the bios and see if it is shown there plz. Also see which mode your Sata ports are in.
if it is then disable the Secure Boot option . Save & exit and see if it shows up in Windows now.

Which mode do I want to see the Sata ports in?

 

[popatim]

ACHI is typical and the desired choice for an SSD.
I suspected they might be in raid but since Windows boots on the SSD currently I'm thinking that is not the case. Changing the Cmos battery tends to reset the bios to default values which should be AHCi or Legacy.

Which mode are they in? Changing them will probably cause a Windows boot failure.

 

[sman7]

Storage options show “SATA Emulation - AHCI”. Is this how it should be?

 

[popatim]

emulation? Which motherboard do you have?

 

[sman7]

emulation? Which motherboard do you have?

I'm somewhat ignorant when it comes to that. Here is a link to a screenshot which will hopefully tell you what you need to know. I really appreciate you trying to help me here.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/3gw0lmlzqfk15k4/Screenshot.jpg?dl=0

 

[sman7]

emulation? Which motherboard do you have?

Problem has been resolved. Turns out it was a bad SATA cable.

 

[fzabkar]

Examine the SMART report with a tool such as CrystalDiskInfo.