Nitro AN515-52 Recover my HDD after Intel RST made it a recovery drive

zhiheng1219 · September 2018

I accidentally made my HDD protective data or something, and it turned into a recovery drive. Now I can't view the HDD from My Computer.
I tried using the RAID tool from other threads to remove the thread, but it shows me "Intel (R) RST CLI version 15.2 cannot be used with version 16.0 of the driver".
I cant access the RAID from bios as well.
Please help me T.T

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egydiocoelho · September 2018

Verify that your BIOS is in UEFI mode, if it is, when you delete the array, the CTRL-I will no longer be available.

Then you should go back to legacy mode with RAID as SATA device and press f10 to save and exit!

On the next CTRL-I boot it will be available again

set your ARRAY

Exit the bios and re-enter the BIOS and set the UEFI

make sure SATA is still RAID and press f10 to save when exiting and reinstall windows!

Credits for @IronFly!

IronFly · September 2018

Sometimes CTRL-I doesn't work under Legacy too.
The only way to fix it is to do a "clean all" from diskpart, target is the HDD.

JovenChng · December 2018

egydiocoelho said:

Verify that your BIOS is in UEFI mode, if it is, when you delete the array, the CTRL-I will no longer be available.
Then you should go back to legacy mode with RAID as SATA device and press f10 to save and exit!
On the next CTRL-I boot it will be available again
set your ARRAY
Exit the bios and re-enter the BIOS and set the UEFI
make sure SATA is still RAID and press f10 to save when exiting and reinstall windows!
Credits for @IronFly!

Hello. Im facing the same issue as well. May i ask what is BIOS and UEFI mode?
i am using Acer Nitro 5 AN515-52-732M with 128G SSD and 1TB HDD. However, after using the Intel Rapid Storage Technology, i lost my HDD and it became a Recover Drive (?).
How can i recover my drive?

egydiocoelho · December 2018

I saw your message @JovenChng!

However, all the options that make hd to be recognized delete the files! There is an exclusive topic on how to solve your problem, see: https://community.acer.com/en/profile/mihirganeshjoshi and https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/552475/hdd-not-showing-in-this-pc-after-accidentally-creating-intel-rapid-storage-technology-please-help/p2

JovenChng · December 2018

egydiocoelho said:

I saw your message @JovenChng!
However, all the options that make hd to be recognized delete the files! There is an exclusive topic on how to solve your problem, see: https://community.acer.com/en/profile/mihirganeshjoshi and https://community.acer.com/en/discussion/552475/hdd-not-showing-in-this-pc-after-accidentally-creating-intel-rapid-storage-technology-please-help/p2

Woah okay, thank you so much!