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    Booting from mSATA SSD

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by Tarupron, Sep 10, 2014.

  1. Tarupron

    Tarupron Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hey there,

    I'm currently having an issue where I just installed Windows 8.1 on my 256GB mSATA SSD, and my 1TB HDD which is placed into the HDD slot is not being recognized by the OS. When looking in the BIOS it sees it, but not the OS through diskpart or disk manager.

    Does anyone know of a way to fix this? There was information on that HDD I was hoping to carry over.

    Edit: Looking at Intel Rapid Storage Technology it tells me the disk is Offline, anyone know of a way to change that?
     
    Tarupron, Sep 10, 2014
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  2. FrozenSolid

    FrozenSolid Notebook Evangelist

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    I think you can change that in IRST. In the Status tab can you select the unavailable line and change it?
     
    FrozenSolid, Sep 11, 2014
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  3. Alienware-L_Porras

    Alienware-L_Porras Company Representative

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    True, this should make it appear.
     
    Alienware-L_Porras, Sep 11, 2014
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