I need help with hard drives?

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

I just bought a computer that was said to have 1 500gb crucial SSD. But when I opened it up it seems to have to hard drives, but I believe only one if them is showing. My question is do I infact have 2 and how do I get them both to show? I will leave pictures that may help to explain. Thank you

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

1. Please post pics of the actual innards of the system
2. Please post a screencap of your current Disk Management window

(we can't see your google drive images)

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

I am trying I can't figure how to post the links thanks man

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

Save the images to your PC, and upload them to imgur.com.
Post the link back here.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Imgur won't let me create an account so I used dropbox will that work? Imgur says Oops! Your moving too fast try again ??

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

You don't need to create an account at imgur.
Dropbox? maybe.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Hmm ok I will try without sorry for this and thanks for your patience

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

No prob. That's what we're here for..

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

https://imgur.com/a/TAFZZ

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Ok I think that's it anything else?

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

From that, it show a 500GB Hitachi HDD, and a 525GB Crucial MX300 SSD.

One of them is not appearing in Windows?
Open Disk Management. It may just need to be initialized, formatted, and given a drive letter.

Post a screencap of your Disk Management window.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

The disk management window was in the imagur link did it not show?

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

https://imgur.com/a/TAFZZ
I added another photo?

It says disk 0 465.78gb online. Then a bunch of boxes that say healthy on them

mjslakeridge · Mar 8, 2018

I don't know why someone created all of those partitions on your Drive 0. Also normally Drive 0 is where the C drive with your operating system is, but in your case it is Drive 1. I don't think that in an of itself is a problem, just not normal.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Yeah I am totally confused by that. I am just trying to use it for storage if I can. Obviously lol!

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

Oh my.
Whoever did that to Disk 0 needs to be taken out back and shot.

Your Disk 1, the Crucial 525GB MX300, is your OS drive.
Your Disk 0, presumably the 500GB Hitachi HDD....That needs ALL of those partitions deleted, leaving one large blank space.

We can go into detail on how to do this if you wish.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Yes I would like to if you have the time. But will this require me to delete my os and everything?

mjslakeridge · Mar 8, 2018

I would unplug the SATA cable connected to your HDD (the upper one in your picture), and then turn the computer back on to see if it boots properly into Windows. If it does, power down and reconnect the HDD and you can format it. Just be careful to select Drive 0 to format, not your Drive 1 (although I don't think Windows will let you format the drive where Windows is installed). I am assuming you do not have anything on Drive 0 that you need. If you do, copy it over to Drive 1 or an external drive before formatting it. That will get rid of all those small partitions.

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

No OS deletion at all.

First, we test:

Power off
Open up the case.
Locate the two drives.
Disconnect the data and power cables from the HDD (the Hitachi)
Power up
Does it boot correctly?

(we will continue after this test)

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Windows is definitely installed on the ssd

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

Ok will report back

USAFRet · Mar 8, 2018

live2playloud :

Before deletion like this...we always test.
Just to be sure.

Here, the OS is on the SSD. The much smaller boot partition appears to also be on the SSD.
Appears to be. This is why we test.

SkyNetRising · Mar 8, 2018

There are 2 drives - SSD + HDD:
Crucial MX300 500GB
HGST HTS545050A7E380 500GB

In Disk Management
Delete all partitions from Disk 0 (HGST 500GB drive) and create one large partition instead of 15 small ones.
Format it to NTFS and assign a drive letter.

live2playloud · Mar 8, 2018

I suppose it's good news I unplugged the drive and the PC booted normally

mjslakeridge · Mar 8, 2018

That is good news. It means the HDD was not connected when Windows was installed on to the SSD, which is the proper way to do it.

Is there anything you want to save on the HDD?

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