Cannot find hard drive after installing SSD.

TC-780-ACKi3

Machine fresh out of the box. I installed an M2 SSD and the machine recognizes it. I used MiniTool partition editor to migrate Windows to the SSD. When I rebooted the machine I had Acer (C:) drive, SSD, an (F:) drive, original HD, and an ESP (E:) ? drive. At this point the machine boots to the original hard drive.

Next, in BIOS, I went to the boot options menu and changed 1st boot device from Boot Manager to UFEI: WDS WDS250 (the new SSD). I save and reboot the machine. At this point it seems to reboot on C: and it's fast, so I assume the SDD is doing the work. (Properties verifies that it's the SSD). However, In the Windows File Explorer, only the C: and E: drives are listed, no hard drive.

On the Hard Disk Priority screen, the First Boot Device is the SSD. The Second Boot Priority is Windows Boot Manager.

If I F9 and reset the defaults, it now reboots off of the old HD and all the drives show up in Windows File Explorer.

So, how can I the hard drive back when I set the SSD to boot first? What do I do with this EPS (E:) drive?

Thanks.

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Commodore_1995#

Not the unit esp

From what I saw the Acer drive from disk 2 is without letter! Would disk 2 be hdd?

If you try this: go to the cmd as administrator and enter these commands giving enter in each: diskpart, list disk, sel disk 2, assign!

Commodore_1995#

As the Acer recovery partition was also cloned, when cloning hdd to ssd, I would rather format hdd!

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SammyQ2

This may help. Sorry about the crappy photo. I haven't installed any screenshot/paint type programs yet, I want to get this drive thing taken care of first.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/6029997/uploads/editor/ir/bostpqye9skb.jpg

Commodore_1995#

Not the unit esp

From what I saw the Acer drive from disk 2 is without letter! Would disk 2 be hdd?

If you try this: go to the cmd as administrator and enter these commands giving enter in each: diskpart, list disk, sel disk 2, assign!

SammyQ2

egydiocoelho said:

Not the unit esp
From what I saw the Acer drive from disk 2 is without letter! Would disk 2 be hdd?
If you try this: go to the cmd as administrator and enter these commands giving enter in each: diskpart, list disk, sel disk 2, assign!

Yes! You are the man!!!

Then I used MiniTool partition to hide the E: drive.

I installed a new app and it went right onto the SDD, just like it should. So, now it would be safe to delete the old Windows & stuff on the HDD? Should I re-format it at this point?

Thanks again.