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    Razer Blade 14 - 2nd SSD not recognized in windows, but seen in BIOS

    Discussion in 'Razer' started by Baconstrip, Sep 25, 2013.

  1. Baconstrip

    Baconstrip Notebook Enthusiast

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    SOLVED - Read my post below, thanks Rockin_Zombie!

    Hello all!

    I recently purchased and installed this: Amazon.com: Crucial M500 240GB mSATA Internal Solid State Drive CT240M500SSD3: Computers & Accessories in my Razer Blade 14 as a second mSata drive.

    Super easy to do, mSata port #2 was right in the middle and not obstructed by anything. I boot up, right into BIOS, and see the CRUCIAL-24CT (or something, Im at work so can't see exact model#) in the bios, right underneath the Samsung 840.

    Boot into windows, go into Disk Management, and am saddened to see no unallocated drive space for me to format. So I have no idea if this is a windows issue, or if there is something wrong with my drive.

    Does anybody have any ideas for me to try? I would REALLY rather not open up my laptop again as I am afraid those tiny screws are going to get stripped, so I am hoping this isn't a defective drive and I just need to update a driver or do something in windows 8 :)

    Thanks for any help! <3
     
    Baconstrip, Sep 25, 2013
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  2. Rockin_Zombie

    Rockin_Zombie Notebook Consultant

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    Try disabling the mSATA port in BIOS, boot into Windows, restart and go into BIOS, enable, and start Windows again.
     
    Rockin_Zombie, Sep 25, 2013
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  3. Xeneize

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    Yup, let me know how that works out. I'm looking to swap the original SSD and add a 2nd M500, I'm just not too sure if the original drive can be swapped easily and more important, if I can somehow get the recovery partition into my RAID.
     
    Xeneize, Sep 25, 2013
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    Baconstrip Notebook Enthusiast

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    Holy crap, this actually worked! You sir are a genius!

    What I did: Changed the SATA mode in the bios to IDE (instead of AHCI). This caused the computer to not boot properly. I went back into the BIOS, changed it back to AHCI, and now Windows 8 recognizes my unformatted drive space in Computer Management.

    Thank you so much!
     
    Baconstrip, Sep 25, 2013
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    Baconstrip Notebook Enthusiast

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    You can create a recovery drive with a flash drive (16gb+ drive needed I believe), which should allow you to install onto your 2 new RAIDed SSDs :)
     
    Baconstrip, Sep 25, 2013
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    No problem, sometimes the BIOS needs a kick in the back lol, enjoy!
     
    Rockin_Zombie, Sep 25, 2013
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    That's good to know, now has anyone tried swapping the SSD on port0 for a new one? and I'm assuming installing a 2nd one on port2 will allow a RAID0 to be configured directly from the BIOS?
     
    Xeneize, Sep 25, 2013
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    so you can get the recovery partition to a flash drive? could you please let us know how?
     
    b0gd4n, Sep 26, 2013
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    I don't think it was a BIOS issue, just windows 8 not recognizing it properly.

    I had the same issue, had to go into windows disk management and assign partition label and format... from there everything was smooth sailing.
     
    damadama, Sep 26, 2013
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    Baconstrip Notebook Enthusiast

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    It's very easy in Windows 8, you don't need to download anything, it's all automatically built in. Here's MS's instructions: Create a USB recovery drive - Microsoft Windows Help




    The problem I had was different. I couldn't see the second SSD anywhere in windows (including disk management) so I couldn't format it / assign drive letter. Once I did the BIOS thing, Windows saw the SSD properly and I could format it as you did.

    Weird problem!
     
    Baconstrip, Sep 26, 2013
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    That is excellent think I saw this somewhere before and just completely spaced it thanks for the link
     
    Yosomono, Sep 26, 2013
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