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    XPS SSD + HDD - can only see one drive in file explorer and disk management

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Sir Punk, Oct 27, 2018.

  1. Sir Punk

    Sir Punk Notebook Deity

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    It is a 9560, I have two drives, SSD 32GB and 1TB HDD. In hwinfo I see the two drives but I only see one drive in disk management, why? Are they setup as a RAID? How do I know that OS and applications are installed on the SSD and the rest on the HDD?
     
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    That 32GB drive is garbage BTW. The caching drive idea made some sense years ago but not today for the average bear.

    You should replace the 32GB drive with a decent nvme SSD, and put Windows, programs and some data on it. Keep your slow HDD for storing big files (music, videos, etc.)
     
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