Windows 10: Windows 10 absolutely refuses to recognize 4 SSDs as SSDs

4 of my 8 SSDs have their "Media type" in Defragment and Optimise Drives set to HDD. I feel like I've tried every troubleshooting step you can and I absolutely can't get it to switch to the proper media type.

Tried:

Get-PhysicalDisk



Number FriendlyName SerialNumber MediaType CanPool OperationalStatus HealthStatus Usage Size

------ ------------ ------------ --------- ------- ----------------- ------------ ----- ----

0 ATA SATA SSD xxxxxxxxxxxxxx SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 894.25 GB

4 ATA WDC WD20EARX-32P xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx HDD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 1.82 TB

1 ATA TOSHIBA-TR150 xxxxxxxxxxxx SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 447.13 GB

7 OCZ-TRIO N150 xxxxxxxxxxxx Unspecified False OK Healthy Auto-Select 223.57 GB

10 WD My Passport 25E1 xxxxxxxxxxxx HDD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 931.48 GB

3 ATA PSM-1TBSATA3SSD2 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 953.87 GB

6 OCZ-TRIO N150 xxxxxxxxxxxx Unspecified False OK Healthy Auto-Select 447.13 GB

11 WD My Passport 0830 xxxxxxxxxxxx HDD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 931.48 GB

12 Samsung Flash Drive FIT xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx HDD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 29.88 GB

2 ATA OCZ-TRION150 xxxxxxxxxxxx SSD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 223.57 GB

9 Patriot Memory xxxxxxxxxxxx HDD False OK Healthy Auto-Select 14.45 GB

8 TOSHIBA- TR150 xxxxxxxxxxxx Unspecified False OK Healthy Auto-Select 894.25 GB

5 OCZ-VECT OR180 xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Unspecified False OK Healthy Auto-Select 111.79 GB

Which calls the affected SSDs Unspecified

Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "OCZ-TRIO N150" -MediaType SSD

Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "TOSHIBA- TR150" -MediaType SSD

Set-PhysicalDisk -FriendlyName "OCZ-VECT OR180" -MediaType SSD

will correct their media type according to Get-PhysicalDisk

Side note here: OCZ-VECT OR180 is a Linux SSD. Windows obviously doesn't recognize that filesystem, so for that particular drive alone I don't give a rats ass what media type Windows thinks it is. It is just 1 of the 4 SSDs being recognised as Unspecified.

After using Set-PhysicalDisk Defragment and Optimise Drives still lists the 3 Windows mountable drives as HDD. Figure I might need to reboot to reflect the changes made by Set-PhysicalDisk. Reboot. Get-PhysicalDisk shows them as Unspecified again.

Next thing I found to try was to run winsat formal. No change

winsat diskformal No change

winsat diskformal -drive E No change

defrag E: /L /U /V

The operation requested is not supported by the hardware backing the volume. (0x8900002A)

Then I went and got the OCZ SSD tool. 2 of the 4 drives needed their firmware updated, but even with that no change and the other 2 already checked out ok. Beyond that, I can't find any other suggestions on the internet. It's just an echo chamber of try winsat formal then winsat diskformal then winsat diskformal -drive X. I found a reddit post where someone had no luck with those commands too, but then defrag X: /L /U /V fixed it. For me it just bitches The operation requested is not supported by the hardware backing the volume. (0x8900002A). Not sure what else to try. I only discovered this because Avid Media Composer was frame dropping like nobody's business, and I first went to make sure the media drive was operating normally. Now I doubt media type would affect the drive speed, 6G SATA should be 6G SATA, but it does make me wonder if there is something else fundamentally wrong here. I am at a loss, and any help would be greatly appreciated.

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