Windows 10: 1TB SSD NVMe Drive showing 2 seperate Disks?

So i swapped over to linux a few months ago but have recently swapped back over to windows today. Unfortunatly that caused a lot of problems with my computer. I think i had raid or something similar when swapping ver to linux so it was dissabled in the process. After swapping back to Windows i noticed i have 2 seperate disks even though i only have 1 1TB SSD NVMe drive installed to the laptop. It states my "C Drive" is at 27.24GB and my "D Drive" is at 476.81GB. Even with this new info it still doesnt give me access to my full 1TB and isnt allwing me to install any programs due to my C drive b

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NVMe M.2 SSD not showing in Windows 11 Storage Spaces

I just "rebuilt", upgraded, my computer. I also upgraded to Windows 11. Everything went well. I used a Samsung 980 Pro 1TB NVMe M.2 4.0 for the main drive and installed qty. 3 Crucial P3 1TB PCIe Gen3 on the remaining three available slots for storage.

I can see the three Crucial drives in BIOS, Disk Manager, windows folder, etc. I can access them in Windows, they operate as normal drives. When I go to Storage Spaces and try to create one, no drives show up. Not any of the NVMe M.2 drives or even a separate Samsung 980 1TB ssd connected to a SATA port.

What do I need to change for the drive to appear?

Hardware:

Gigabyte Gaming X Z690

Intel i5 13th Gen

G.Skill Ripjaws V Series 32GB DDR4 3600 CL16 1.35V Dual Channel

MSI 2060 Graphics Card

Regards, Tom

 

How can I change the disk number of NVME SSD (Boot) to DISK-0 in Disk Management in Windows 11?

HI,

I have my OS installed on NVME SSD (physically installed on motherboard) and other drives are connected using SATA cables. But for some reason, the boot drive (NVME SSD) always shows DISK 5 (Last Disk) in disk management.

So far on the forums, people suggest to switch ports but I have only one NVME SSD port on my motherboard.

Also, I tried to boot pc just with boot drive and disconnected all other drive. Then it showed my boot drive as DISK 0 but as soon as I connect other drives, it again goes to last.

What should I do?

 

replacing C: with larger M.2 NVme drive and move programs installed on D: to the new M.2 drive

I have a DELL Desktop Computer XPS XPS8920-7581SLV-PUS Intel Core i7 7th Gen 7700 desktop running Windows 10 Pro with the Toshiba 250 GB M.2 NVme drive as the C: drive and a 1TB hard disk as the D: drive. I have installed a couple of games and applications to the D: drive due to the size of the install files.

I am now planning to replace the Toshiba 250 GB M.2 drive with a Samsung 500 GB 970 EVO M.2 NVme drive.

The procedure I plan to use is to:

• clone the Toshiba drive to a new Western Digital SSD installed in a hard disk bay
  
• replace the Toshiba with the Samsung
  
• clone the new SSD back to the Samsung
  

At that point I should have a bootable C: on the Samsung NVme drive.

The next step would be to move the games and applications from the 1TB hard disk to the Samsung NVme drive since I now have the space for them.

However it is not really possible to just move installed applications due to all the Registry changes that would be needed.

The two applications are Visual Studio 2015 and 2017 (both Community Edition) and the games are World of Warcraft, Destiny 2, and Fallout 4 (the last being a Steam download).

So I am looking for advice on these changes.

Alternative approaches

It seems that I have a couple of options:

• clone the 1TB hard disk to the new SSD and just use the new SSD as D:
  
• uninstall the games and applications then reinstall them to the new C:
  
• create a D: partition on the new NVme drive and copy the installation folders there
  

The easiest approach would seem to be to clone the 1TB drive to the new SSD as D: and move on. However I would be missing out on the NVme goodness with the games as well as the Visual Studio programming environment.

The most straightforward approach would be to uninstall the games and applications from the 1TB hard disk and then reinstall them to the C: drive.

The applications are Visual Studio 2015 and Visual Studio 2017, both Community Edition. These would both be straightforward to uninstall from D: and reinstall to C:.

The games are World of Warcraft and Destiny 2 from Blizzard and Fallout 4 from Steam. These games will require long download time probably two or three days over my internet access. And I would have to start Fallout 4 all over again.

Concluding thoughts

Perhaps the best option would be to combine the first two options.

Since the Visual Studio uninstall and install would be fairly painless I could do that while leaving the games on the 1TB drive and then do the clone of the 1TB drive to the new SSD. Then at a later date I could move World of Warcraft and Destiny 2 over to the NVme drive.

I would think that working with Visual Studio would be easier and quicker from the NVme C: drive while the games would be quick and responsive enough if the game assets are on an SSD.