Windows 10: Sick of HDDs appearing as removable, need to resolve somehow please

I have done a whole weeks worth of research and tried everything, nothing works.

I have rebuilt my computer recently and installed 10 drives in it.

Config:
Asus ROG Strix Z270 Gaming MATX board
i7 6700k
16GB 2400 RAM
1TB Samsung EVO 970 NvME
EVGA 650w G2
NVidia 1060 3GB
9x various sized hard disks (platter)
Fractal Design Node 804 case
Marvell 88SE92xx based sata expansion card with 4 Sata 6G ports non raid

I am not the most competant hardware wise, but I usually resolve things by research and trying new things out. This problem is not going away.

The mobo has 6 Sata ports of which one is disabled as I used one of the nvme slots.

I bought the sata controller card because I needed to add 9 more drives in there. I am using pretty much all the ports available to me now.

The problem I am having is that all the drives connected to the Marvell Sata controller are showing as removable drives. I have done everything. The registry editor fix, getting latest drivers for marvell etc etc etc.

The sata controller shows AHCI passthrough via boot up and I have not been able to access the settings for the controller (not sure I can anyways as its an expansion card connected to PCIE)

I have also tried to make a single volume by combining all the drives on the marvel controller with MS storage spaces, it doesnt let me do that either.

I have pretty much exhausted all options that I researched. I am at a loss. Any help is appreciated.

I am considering getting a better expansion card perhaps from Intel but I am at a loss right now.

Help please?

:)

 

unlock hdd

Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.

 

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HDD Corrupt ?

Hi,

There are many possible reasons this issue is happening. We'd like to ask few questions below:

• What is the brand name of you Hard Disk Drive?
  
• How old is the HDD?
  

Since you already tried multiple troubleshooting steps, we suggest visiting the manufacturer's website. Find and download a hard drive diagnostic software to help resolve the issue.

Let us know how it goes.