Predator 15 G9-593 74UM My HDD does not appear in file explorer but it shows in Intel RST

Model:

Predator 15 G9-593 74UM

Issue:

I got a hand me down unit from my older brother and it seems that the HDD of the unit is not working properly. I asked about it and he said that he tinkered with the IRST of the device when he was drunk and now the HDD can not be accessed or seen in file explorer, diskpart and disk management. It only shows in the IRST. I tried solutions that can be found here from 2017 and 2018 but I can not download the RAID tool.

pic1. No HDD but my SSD still works

[Edited the thread to add model name]

pic2. does not show in diskpart

pic3. disk management

pic4.HDD shows in IRST

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Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/686768/my-hdd-does-not-appear-in-file-explorer-but-it-shows-in-intel-rst

Damaged MBR or the HDD is connected to the same PCIe interface which is now disabled because of the SSD. Move the SSD to the other PCIe port or try to boot without SSD if the HDD is bootable and has Windows loaded.

triangleButton

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1208830#Comment_1208830

do you by chance have a link on how to do those things? I want to fix my unit but I think I might break or make it worse if I do it without a tutorial or something

Puraw

https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/comment/1209006#Comment_1209006

Correct, you should not try anything without a tutorial and what you described involves "several tutorials". You seem to have little or no experience repairing a boot record or partitioning a SSD so what I suggest is bringing the laptop to Acer Service in your country to reinstall the OEM Windows10 you can upgrade that later (automatically) to W11 (no ISO file, no USB drive, just by the push of a button). I was charged a service of $25 for that by Acer in the Philippines, not worth all the headache.😉

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