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G551JW hidden SSD disk

dariomgsilva
Level 7
Hello guy i have a ROG and i got 2 diks a normal disk of 2TB and other SSd disk with 22GB, but i dont have access to the SSD .... I can i do to use that disk?

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beststevie
Level 7
my spanish is close to zero, but go to "change drive letter>add ...." here you are.

beststevie wrote:
my spanish is close to zero, but go to "change drive letter>add ...." here you are.


i don´t have acces to that option.

beststevie
Level 7
if the field is greyed...ok.....maybe I shot to fast. Did you already try to recreate it after deleting?

or

open My Computer and go to Organize, Folder and Search Options, click on the View tab. Uncheck the box called "Hide empty drives in the Computer folder"

or

try a tool like Paragon Partition Manager 2014 Free

or

SSD is broken?

beststevie wrote:
if the field is greyed...ok.....maybe I shot to fast. Did you already try to recreate it after deleting?


still not deleted anything, when I bought the pc come as you see.

open My Computer and go to Organize, Folder and Search Options, click on the View tab. Uncheck the box called "Hide empty drives in the Computer folder"



i do that and the disk not appears

Clintlgm
Level 14
I think that since your SSD is only 22GB that it is RAID array with your hard drive and being used as Cache to speed up you user experience over your very slooooooooooooow 2 TB hard drive. Unless you somehow have broken that RAID array set up you don't need to do anything.
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Gps3dx
Level 12
dariomgsilva wrote:
Hello guy i have a ROG and i got 2 diks a normal disk of 2TB and other SSd disk with 22GB, but i dont have access to the SSD .... I can i do to use that disk?


@dariomgsilva - What you got there is a "cache" partition, I.E an SSD that its original use is to be used as a cache partition for the OS, to speed its boot time ( after reboot/sleep ) & daily activity.
"Windows 10" natively does not supports it, as windows 8 did ( through intel driver )
To read a bit about "what is a cache drive" GO HERE

if one runs the full OS on an ssd, one don't need another caching drive.
As I found that ppl reports success on installing intel Rapid Storage Driver on Win 10, I also direct you to an "how to install & config" guide for this feature
you might also want to look at the ROG old G55VW manual, as it contains also an installation guide for intel rapid storage
Please enter these links, and read them carefully.
Please note that this method of installation is a tweak/"hack" as intel did not release official windows 10 rapid storage driver.

You can check the current partition "type" using CMD & MBRWiz64.exe ( get it from here ).
( I presume you're on x64 windows ) type in CMD: MBRWiz64.exe /list

P.S - there is no obligation to use that "ssd cache" drive as "ssd cache" for windows.
On 22GB ssd you can format it as NTFS and use it as a partition for game installation place ( thus getting faster game boot times ) or you can also move there the "swapfiles" & "pagefiles" to get a faster OS in general ( it should in theory to speed the os, dunno how much ).
You can also format this space as EXT v4 to install on that space a linux distro, like famous ubuntu or android.
note, that dualboot procedure, requires A LOT OF READING.
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