Question Why isnt my hdd or optane memory recognised?

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I posted 4 images to show what the programme says^
As you can see from the 3rd Picture, only my SSD is recognised


I have recently lost the use of my HDD and optane memory it happened randomly lastnight my pc doesnt see my HDD but the ''Intel Rapid Storage technology'' programme recognises it. i tried to fix it and ended up wiping the drive completely i would really appreciate any help to fix this issue with my HDD and Optane memory.
 
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Yep, its fubar. Assuming you want to have Optane with the HDD then it's approximately like this:

Backup the data on the drives if you need it.
split the raid 1 if it was done in the bios or raid bios (Ctrl+i at boot),
shutdown & unplug,
disconnect the HDD & remove the optane.
power backup and install the OS to the SSD.
install your motherboard drives including intel RST (this is usually listed as your Sata driver)
shutdown & unplug.
install the optane and connect the HDD back up
boot the pc back up.
enter iRST & enable Optane, linking it to the HDD.
 
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popatim said:
Yep, its fubar. Assuming you want to have Optane with the HDD then it's approximately like this:

Backup the data on the drives if you need it.
split the raid 1 if it was done in the bios or raid bios (Ctrl+i at boot),
shutdown & unplug,
disconnect the HDD & remove the optane.
power backup and install the OS to the SSD.
install your motherboard drives including intel RST (this is usually listed as your Sata driver)
shutdown & unplug.
install the optane and connect the HDD back up
boot the pc back up.
enter iRST & enable Optane, linking it to the HDD.
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What does ''Split the raid 1'' mean? the OS is already installed to the SSD,
 
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Captain Morgan17 said:
What does ''Split the raid 1'' mean? the OS is already installed to the SSD,
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Your OS is installed to the Raid array.
Look at your Image # 1, on the right side you'll see that you created a raid array with your SSD and HDD. Since the controller now has to rejoin the two halves of the data , you've reduced the speed of the SSD to a match the HDD. As well as lost nearly 700GB of space on it. This is why your 1TB drive doesn't show up in image# 3.

I should have said 'split the raid 0' , not raid1.
 
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Your OS is installed to the Raid array.
Look at your Image # 1, on the right side you'll see that you created a raid array with your SSD and HDD. Since the controller now has to rejoin the two halves of the data , you've reduced the speed of the SSD to a match the HDD. As well as lost nearly 700GB of space on it. This is why your 1TB drive doesn't show up in image# 3.

I should have said 'split the raid 0' , not raid1.
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Oh yea im not tec savvy at all, so how do i remove this raid then and revert it back to its normal SDD and HDD + optane combo When i click the raid thing in the programme it doesnt give me an option anywhere to remove it?
 
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popatim said:
Your OS is installed to the Raid array.
Look at your Image # 1, on the right side you'll see that you created a raid array with your SSD and HDD. Since the controller now has to rejoin the two halves of the data , you've reduced the speed of the SSD to a match the HDD. As well as lost nearly 700GB of space on it. This is why your 1TB drive doesn't show up in image# 3.

I should have said 'split the raid 0' , not raid1.
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Just a further note, i created this ''raid'' only 2 days ago or so, before that the SSD was the only thing the OS was installed on. I was just pressing buttons trying to renable my HDD and optane but in my ignorance i only made things worse.
 
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Can we get screenshots of you disk management and iRST screens again please?
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In the second image, the second drop down menu when enabling the optane the only option it gives me is my SSD when its my HDD i want to add the optane too ofc. any help would be appreciated. Also i dont know if this is relateable to anything but my PC sometimes freezes for like 5 secs at random moments.
 
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Looks much better now! Thanks!
In Disk Managemet. Right click on the Hdd's partition (right side in lower section, where it says Games D: ) and then select Shrink Partition. Free up about 10-20mb of space. It doesnt have to be accurate. I usually just leave around 100mb in the few I've set up.
Optane needs a little bit of unallocated space at the very end of the drive to be able to accelerate it.
 
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Looks much better now! Thanks!
In Disk Managemet. Right click on the Hdd's partition (right side in lower section, where it says Games D: ) and then select Shrink Partition. Free up about 10-20mb of space. It doesnt have to be accurate. I usually just leave around 100mb in the few I've set up.
Optane needs a little bit of unallocated space at the very end of the drive to be able to accelerate it.
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Thanks for the reply, erm after shrinking the volume by 30mb the HDD still didnt appear in the drop down menu like in image2. So just for a test i shrinked it by 300mb and still it doesnt appear in the options for the optane. Any suggestions?
 
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popatim said:
Which motherbd do you have?
On some you have to set the sata ports to iRST with Optane (AsRock/Asus/Gigabyte) or Raid/Optane (MSi) for the Sata port mode type.
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Asus PRIME Z370-P is my motherboard how do i set the sata ports to IRST? im guessing i have to go to the bios?


Edit: I went into Bios and it says sata mode is already IRST controlled. not sure though if thats what you were referring to.
 
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I've seen Intel RST with Optane . Looking at your manual, your choices are AHCI or 'Intel RST with Optane System Acceleration' so I think you have it right.

You may have to update your Bios to support the newer version of Optane.
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-Z370-P/HelpDesk_BIOS/
You also may have to have it (HDD) on Sata port 1 or 2.
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Sorry for the delay in response, i had to go and buy a usb flash drive. So i have updated the bios finally to the latest version, and made sure the settings were the same as before in bios e.g IRST controlled and enabled sata 2 hot plug but still in the IRST programme its not showing the HDD in the drop down menu.
 
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