So, I'm unable to find both my SSD and HDD on my system at the same time. Specifically in my BIOS's 'Boot Priorities'. If I don't have the SSD connected my HDD is listed under Boot Priorities as the primary and vice-versa. However when they're both connected the last drive that was connected by itself is shown (along with my optical drive which is there regardless.) All of the drives (120 GB Samsung SSD, 1 TB Seagate HDD, and an optical drive) are present in the Boot Menu (not Boot Priorities) as well as in the SATA Configuration menu when all are connected. (Each of these are connected to the Intel SATA's, and not the ASMedia's in this order - SSD 0, HDD 1, DVD 2. I've tried connecting them in different SATA connections including ASMedia's with the same results.)
I've got an Asus Z87 Sabertooth board and the drivers are of the most recent versions. I'll also mention that both the SSD and HDD were visible in Disk Management at one point until I formatted the HDD (I tried formatting the drive even though it wasn't being shown in the BIOS.) After fully formatting and naming etc. I closed Disk Management and came back to it to find that the HDD information there had completely vanished. The drive is still being detected in 'Devices' as well as in the Intel Driver software for the Z87 board however.
Anyway, inside of the BIOS I've got only two options from which to boot, I can choose either between the SSD or HDD for one of the options, but I can not select anything other than the optical drive for the second. (If I've got three drives connected I should have three seperate boot options from which to choose right?) I'm not seeing anything to enable/disable that would add an option. I've run through the BIOS several times by now.
I'm not too familiar with any of the above (this is the first time I've been into a BIOS for more than about five seconds) and I've got the feeling that I've missed a very simple step somewhere. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Windows 8 64-Bit
Asus Z87 Sabertooth
Samsung 120 GB SSD
Seagate 1 TB HDD
I've got an Asus Z87 Sabertooth board and the drivers are of the most recent versions. I'll also mention that both the SSD and HDD were visible in Disk Management at one point until I formatted the HDD (I tried formatting the drive even though it wasn't being shown in the BIOS.) After fully formatting and naming etc. I closed Disk Management and came back to it to find that the HDD information there had completely vanished. The drive is still being detected in 'Devices' as well as in the Intel Driver software for the Z87 board however.
Anyway, inside of the BIOS I've got only two options from which to boot, I can choose either between the SSD or HDD for one of the options, but I can not select anything other than the optical drive for the second. (If I've got three drives connected I should have three seperate boot options from which to choose right?) I'm not seeing anything to enable/disable that would add an option. I've run through the BIOS several times by now.
I'm not too familiar with any of the above (this is the first time I've been into a BIOS for more than about five seconds) and I've got the feeling that I've missed a very simple step somewhere. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.
Windows 8 64-Bit
Asus Z87 Sabertooth
Samsung 120 GB SSD
Seagate 1 TB HDD
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