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V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

purplepeople — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:24:50 GMT

Hi everyone,

Just got a new SSD to use as a boot drive for my my V3-772G. Bios properly recognizes the SSD model and serial number, but the SSD does not appear in either Disk Management or Device Manager. Any ideas on how what to do?

Thanks in advance.

Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

vvprad — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:30:31 GMT

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Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

purplepeople — Sun, 17 Nov 2013 05:39:39 GMT

The SSD doesn't appear in Disk Management at all, not even as unallocated. I put it in the 2nd drive bay and bios shows both the original Toshiba 1TB as drive 0 and this new 256GB SSD as drive 1. This is what I find puzzling.

Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

purplepeople — Mon, 18 Nov 2013 19:58:43 GMT

Okay... it took a day and a half of messing around but I have a solution.

First, here is the short version without all the false starts and dead ends.

I put the new SSD into a USB 2.0-SATA1 enclosure. After this, Windows Disk Management could recognize the SSD so I quick formatted it and checked it for errors, of which there were none. Not wanting to wait for the slow external connection, I put the SSD into the 2nd drive bay of the V3. I downloaded Mini Tool Partition Wizard and used it to shrink the C: partition on the HDD to a size that would fit onto the SSD (including all the recovery and other partitions). I then downloaded Macrium Reflect Free and used it to create a bootable USB with itself and Windows PE installed on it. Rebooting with F12 to select the boot USB, up came a window with Macrium showing both the 1TB drive and the SSD. Macrium then cloned the HDD to SSD. I then removed both drives, moved the mounting bracket from the HDD to the SSD and then screwed the SSD into the first drive bay. Reboot and celebrate with a beer.

In the long version...

I first started by unplugging the adapter, removing the battery and undoing the 9 screws of the V3's bottom cover. Instead of removing the screws completely, I just lifted the cover with the screws in their hole and set it aside. Since the screws do not seem to be the same length, this avoids having to track which screw goes in which hole. I then placed the 256GB Toshiba Q Series SSD into the second drive bay and slid it into the SATA connector. Without a spare mounting bracket, I used a rubber band around the SSD to keep it from sliding around the bay. In hindsight this was unnecessary since the V3 would not be moving around during the cloning nor would the SSD be left permanently in that bay.

After replacing the cover, screws, battery, plugging in the adapter, rebooting and starting up Windows Disk Management, to my dismay Windows could not recognize it. Even more puzzling, a reboot with F2 showed that the bios could see the SSD along with original 1TB drive. I was almost sure that Disk Management would see the SSD if I could format it. Since the laptop doesn't come with a Windows disk, I looked up ways to download or create one as I knew that it's always an option to format a drive in the process of putting an OS on it. I checked again and there was no option in the bios to format the drive. Googling showed me that Microsoft makes it nearly impossible to create a Windows disk for any OEM Windows installation and that the new UEFI bios interfaces don't allow bit-level formatting. So I was forced to shut down, disconnect, de-battery and open up the bottom cover to get the SSD out. The rubber band came off too.

After reassembling the V3, I then put the new SSD into a Nexstar USB 2.0-SATA1 enclosure I once used to migrate an older Toshiba Portege M400 tablet PC to SSD. Once the enclosure was plugged in to one of the USB 3.0 sockets and the V3 rebooted, Windows Disk Management could finally recognize the SSD as a removeable USB drive. I quick formatted the SSD and checked it for errors, of which there were none. The error check took quite some time, so I was reminded of the many hours it took to migrate that old tablet. Not wanting to wait for the slow connection during the cloning process, I shut down and opened up the V3 again, the put the SSD back into the 2nd drive bay, without the rubber band. The SSD was visible to Disk Management on reboot so I could begin the actual cloning. Yay!

I downloaded Mini Tool Partition Wizard and used it to shrink the C: partition on the HDD to a size that would fit onto the SSD (including all the recovery and other partitions). I then downloaded Macrium Reflect Free and used it to create a Windows PE bootable drive on a spare USB stick. That USB drive had both Windows PE and Macrium installed on it, even though you wouldn't see this with Windows Explorer. Rebooting with F12 to select the USB stick as the boot drive, up came Macrium showing both the 1TB drive and the SSD. It was a simple matter for Macrium to clone the HDD to the SSD. I then shut down, removed both drives, moved the mounting bracket from the HDD to the SSD and then screwed the SSD into the first drive bay. Reboot and celebrate with a beer.

Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

dikirill — Fri, 21 Feb 2014 01:26:40 GMT

I had the same problem, but I found easier solution. Download and install free EaseUs Todo Backup, and it will see your second ssd, even if windows doesn't see. It did clone in 20 mins, and now I have to only switch my two hard drives, because I can't make it to load from SSD, event if it was cloned.

Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

vipasoft — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 12:51:48 GMT

I have just bought an Acer v3-772, and have bought a 2.5" 1TB Hybrid drive. When I place it into the spare drive bay underneath the laptop, my BIOS sees the drive, but windows 8.1 does not.

I've tried Disk Management as well as several 3rd party partition managers, (including those mentioned above), and none of them see it, but BIOS does.

I've removed the drive and placed it in a SATA caddy and connected it via USB and it was recognised and I formatted it and then placed it back inside and again, nothing.

I removed the original drive and placed my new Hybrid in the 1st bay and used a USB stick to re-setup my laptop and re-created all the partitions on the new drive, and checked the removed original drive in my SATA caddy and it was recognised. I placed the original drive in the spare bay and again, BIOS sees it, but now windows 8.1.

What am I missing. The drives are perfectly fine as proven above, and the SATA connector seems ok as the BIOS sees it.

Could it be something to do with the Windows boot manager and if so, what can be done about it.

QUICK RECAP,
.....both drives work in the DRIVE 0 bay,
.....both drives are seen by BIOS when placed in DRIVE 1, but not by windows,
.....both work and are seen by windows when connected via caddy.

Any help or advise would be fantastic, thanks in advance.

Vince

Re: V3-772G bios shows 2nd drive but not Windows 8.1

vipasoft — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:13:14 GMT

Also, (followed on from above as I cannot seem to find an edit button), both drives work individually in either Drive 0 or Drive 1. They will boot from either. The problem only seems to be when I place both drives inside the laptop together.