I had two Intel SSDs in RAID 0 as my main drive for a long time. About a year or two ago, I upgraded to an Intel 660p M.2 NVMe drive. I installed Windows onto it and used the RAIDed drives for storage. There were no issues.
I'd like to give the drives to my brother now, but when I take them out, the computer can't boot anymore. The RAIDed drives are an empty partition now and cannot be booted from; the NVMe drive is in Disk Management as being Healthy and it even says "Boot" on it. But when I turn on the computer, it goes to the BIOS. The only way I can get into Windows is if I have the two empty SSDs plugged in. There's nothing wrong with any of the drives.
I tried installing Intel's drivers, but failed. I have Intel's NVME Miniport and Filter Device Management (which is what installs when you ask to install the driver), but it always says Device Not Detected even when Intel's Memory and Storage Tool correctly identifies the drive. The drive shows up properly in Disk Management and Device Manager. Windows seems to think the driver version is from 2006, which is impossible as none of this stuff existed then.
So yeah, there's clearly some black magic going on. The drive is fine and bootable, but only when there are two empty SSDs plugged in at the same time.
I would backup and restore, but I don't have enough space anywhere to do a backup, and it takes forever, so I'd rather avoid it. Worst-case scenario, my warlock computer keeps its quirk and my brother has to buy his own drives.
I'd like to give the drives to my brother now, but when I take them out, the computer can't boot anymore. The RAIDed drives are an empty partition now and cannot be booted from; the NVMe drive is in Disk Management as being Healthy and it even says "Boot" on it. But when I turn on the computer, it goes to the BIOS. The only way I can get into Windows is if I have the two empty SSDs plugged in. There's nothing wrong with any of the drives.
I tried installing Intel's drivers, but failed. I have Intel's NVME Miniport and Filter Device Management (which is what installs when you ask to install the driver), but it always says Device Not Detected even when Intel's Memory and Storage Tool correctly identifies the drive. The drive shows up properly in Disk Management and Device Manager. Windows seems to think the driver version is from 2006, which is impossible as none of this stuff existed then.
So yeah, there's clearly some black magic going on. The drive is fine and bootable, but only when there are two empty SSDs plugged in at the same time.
I would backup and restore, but I don't have enough space anywhere to do a backup, and it takes forever, so I'd rather avoid it. Worst-case scenario, my warlock computer keeps its quirk and my brother has to buy his own drives.