Unallocated SSD in my laptop

[Mycompsucks]

The laptop I am currently using is the Lenovo Y400. The computer has around 1 TB of HDD space, and a 16 GB SSD. Recently my computer got stuck on the automatic repair loop, and so I just re-installed windows 8.1 on my hard drive. Now the problem is that the laptop says that the SSD is unallocated. My boot times are also slower (I'm guessing because of the problem with the SSD), and so does anyone have any idea what I could do to make my computer run faster? I think I may have to move the OS onto the SSD, but I'm not sure if that is even possible, and if it is I don't know how. Any help will be appreciated, thanks in advance!

Disk Management if this helps
http://postimg.org/image/qwl9vi21b/

 

[rgd1101]

what do you mean reinstall? didn't you just do a factory reset? the ssd should be just a cache.

 

[Mycompsucks]

No, the laptop wouldn't let me reset to factory settings, so I just put in the installation disk I got, and I installed it onto the hard drive. Also, if this helps, I got the error saying my drives were locked.

 

[Mycompsucks]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

 

[rgd1101]

See if this fix your SSD cache issue
https://communities.intel.com/thread/34039

 

[gstrother1]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

This is wrong. Lenovo uses Intel Rapid Storage Technology :

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/rapid-storage-technology.html

the SSD is a cache for the larger 1TB disk, it caches commonly used files and is not directly accessible as a disk when it is used this way. You'll need to install intel's RST. The feature you are looking for is:

http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/smart-response-technology.html

 

[rgd1101]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

 

[Mycompsucks]

See if this fix your SSD cache issue
https://communities.intel.com/thread/34039

Sorry, but I'm not really understanding that. In other words, is that thread saying that the SSD lenovo installed in this computer is useless and not supported?

 

[rgd1101]

See if this fix your SSD cache issue
https://communities.intel.com/thread/34039

Sorry, but I'm not really understanding that. In other words, is that thread saying that the SSD lenovo installed in this computer is useless and not supported?

It mean that since you did a fresh install without any of the Lenovo setup/drivers on the factory restore, try to follow the other person did to setup the SSD cache.

 

[Mycompsucks]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

None at all

 

[rgd1101]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

None at all

try booting from disk 1

 

[Mycompsucks]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

None at all

try booting from disk 1

okay, and this time i should install onto the ssd right?

 

[rgd1101]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

None at all

try booting from disk 1

okay, and this time i should install onto the ssd right?

You don't install it to the SSD, the SSD is setup as a cache to the HDD.

 

[Mycompsucks]

The OS was on the SSD, and that is why it is now unallocated and why it is so much slower, you need to wipe the install you just did and install it to your SSD drive, you may need to find specific instrucitons for your lenovo.

Did it not have a recovery image to reset your computer to factory?

Also in the mail I just got 1 "Start Recovery Disk" and 3 "OS Recovery Disk"(s). And they are in order from 1 (Rec) 2(OS) 3(OS) 4(OS).

no instruction with it?

None at all

try booting from disk 1

okay, and this time i should install onto the ssd right?

You don't install it to the SSD, the SSD is setup as a cache to the HDD.

I'm really stupid, can you please explain to me what I should be doing right now. So right now I should install windows 8.1 onto my hard drive. Is this correct?

 

[rgd1101]

yes, just install it to the HDD, and hopefully the recovery disk would setup the SSD as cache correctly.

 

[Mycompsucks]

yes, just install it to the HDD, and hopefully the recovery disk would setup the SSD as cache correctly.

Thanks a lot for you help! Actually, what I really needed to do was just, after installing the OS onto my HDD, I just needed to download Intel Rapid Storage Technology, and just enable it to be a cache drive!