Question WD Black² Dual Drive 2.5” 120 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD

[faemont]

It is one "physical drive".
120GB SSD and 1TB HDD in the same 3.5" form factor.

This seems really confusing to me. How can there be two different storage devices in one? It doesn't make sense. Maybe that's where my problems are coming from. I still think something's not right with my system because my PC was much faster before I reformatted and reinstalled Windows.

 

[Zerk2012]

It is one "physical drive".
120GB SSD and 1TB HDD in the same 3.5" form factor.

From what he said and what he posted I don't see what your saying I see 2 drives.
View: https://imgur.com/a/BDnfYwS

EDIT like 0.18GB used on the D drive tells me he had both drives connected.

 

[NedSmelly]

This seems really confusing to me. How can there be two different storage devices in one? It doesn't make sense. Maybe that's where my problems are coming from. I still think something's not right with my system because my PC was much faster before I reformatted and reinstalled Windows.

It's one physical object using one SATA port. Inside the box is an SSD and a HDD. The SSD and HDD appear as separate partitions in an object that the SATA port sees as one physical "drive".

 

[USAFRet]

This seems really confusing to me. How can there be two different storage devices in one? It doesn't make sense. Maybe that's where my problems are coming from. I still think something's not right with my system because my PC was much faster before I reformatted and reinstalled Windows.

The "SSD" is really just a portion of the circuit board.

Disk Management generally doesn't lie....one line across == one physical drive.

There were many of these hybrid drives.

Once they go south, or you go the wrong way with formatting or install, it is hard to recover the two supposed spaces.

 

[USAFRet]

From what he said and what he posted I don't see what your saying I see 2 drives.
View: https://imgur.com/a/BDnfYwS

EDIT like 0.18GB used on the D drive tells me he had both drives connected.

There are not 2 physical drives with 2 SATA connections.

 

[Zerk2012]

There are not 2 physical drives with 2 SATA connections.

Now I see what your saying. Never seen a 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD in one.

 

[USAFRet]

Now I see what your saying. Never seen a 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD in one.

This:

WD Black 2 Dual Drive review: Capacious and affordable SSD-based storage

WD releases a first-of-its-kind standard laptop internal storage drive that comes with a 120GB SSD and 1TB HDD on the inside. Here's CNET's full review of it.

www.cnet.com

 

[Bob.B]

This seems really confusing to me. How can there be two different storage devices in one? It doesn't make sense. Maybe that's where my problems are coming from. I still think something's not right with my system because my PC was much faster before I reformatted and reinstalled Windows.

Does the bios see the disk as 2 units?

 

[USAFRet]

Does the bios see the disk as 2 units?

From the CNET writeup:
"Once your computer is up and running with the 120GB portion hosting the operating system, you need to install the Black 2 installer software, which reveals the 1TB HDD and formats it into a separate partition."

 

[USAFRet]

Also, consider that this drive is over a decade old. And it was just a stopgap, because 1TB SSDs were very very expensive in 2013.

The 128GB SSD is very small by todays standards.

It was $300 when released.
Today, a 1TB SATA III SSD is well under $100, down to $50 for some off brands.