My HDD is shown as SSD - how can I troubleshoot this issue?

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bvella1

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After a new installation of Windows 10 Version 1511 and "Intel Desktop/workstation/Server express chipset SATa RAID controller" instead of my previous "Intel Rapid Storage Technology", my HDD is now shown as SSD and Optimisation is not available[/b.
In BIOS it is shown as RAID.
My PC is a Dell XPS 8500 Intel Core i7 3770 @ 3.40 GHz.
Can anyone give me some information how I can change this and my PC would show my hard disk as HDD and not an SSD?
 
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drtweak
sounds like RAID Autodetect was on when it was installed and it may have installed the HDD as a RAID device and not a normal AHCI or ATA Device. Since you are running a Hard drive it shouldn't matter too much.

I say if it is running fine let it be. As far as it showing the HDD as a SSD is that in the IRST? If you go into the device manager and expand Disk Drive what does it show your hard drive as?
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sounds like RAID Autodetect was on when it was installed and it may have installed the HDD as a RAID device and not a normal AHCI or ATA Device. Since you are running a Hard drive it shouldn't matter too much.

I say if it is running fine let it be. As far as it showing the HDD as a SSD is that in the IRST? If you go into the device manager and expand Disk Drive what does it show your hard drive as?
 
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bvella1

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It shows as a disk drive - the snag is that I cannot defragment it - because Optimisation is unavailable I would like to send you prtscn but i don't know how

 
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