Acer Aspire E15 Second Hard drive Issue

MikeM57

I have an E15-575-33BM laptop. I installed a Crucial NVME M.2 SSD stick 500 GB into my laptop(I have a slot for it) after taking out the original Toshiba HD then reinstalled it after I chose the Crucial to be 1st in the BIOS. All went well, I can see the new Crucial and Toshiba HD in the BIOS, but in File Explorer, I can't see the Toshiba HD (origianl HD).  What do I need to do to show both HD in File Explorer so I can store extra files on the Toshiba?

brummyfan2

Hi,
Go to Disk management and initialise the Toshiba HDD, right-click it create a simple volume, and give it a drive letter but make sure that you have transferred everything from it to your new M.2 SSD before initialise it.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/help/330140/my-drive-does-not-appear-in-windows-explorer-view

MikeM57

This didn't help. I can only see the Crucial stick SSD. I can go into the BIOS and I can see both HD and I can switch to bootup to the Toshiba and go into Disk Management and I can see both drives. I want the Crucial to be the one booted up first, but then I can't see the Toshiba. What's happening here. I followed the instructions given of what pertained to me. There is no drive to make a letter when I have my new Crucial SSD stick boot first.