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SSD NVMe recognized by BIOS in RAID format but not by Windows.

grabius Posted messages 7 Status Member -  
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So here is my problem, I have a Kingston NVMe SSD that does not appear under Windows 10, but it is displayed in my BIOS in RAID format (I don't know why it is in this format). The SSD only appears when I disable the Intel rapid storage transfer function in the BIOS, which reactivates itself at every reboot. Previously, it worked normally on my old motherboard but with a PCI Express adapter since it did not have an NVMe port due to being too old.

Current motherboard: Asus Prime B660 D4 Plus

Old motherboard: Asrock B85 Pro4

I already attempted clean formatting between GPT and MBR, but nothing changed to be able to use it without having to fiddle with the BIOS. Do you have any solutions to change this RAID format because I think that is what makes it invisible to Windows?

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    quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 1 312
     

    Hello,

    Can you take a photo of the BIOS?

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  2. jeannets Posted messages 28396 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 6 603
     

    Hello,

    -- It may require a BIOS update, here it is version 1603...?

    The NVMe does not disable all SATA ports, but the one that is shared with another drive... See the motherboard indications.

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  3. jeannets Posted messages 28396 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 6 603
     

    Hello,

    RAID is not a format... it’s Fat32, NTFS, GPT, and in Linux EXT3, EXT4, EXT2...

    RAID is a type of setup that uses two disks mirroring each other; it's a security measure.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAID_(computing)

    RAID must be enabled in the BIOS...?? or there was an existing RAID disk in the previous setup... and it paired with its twin to accomplish this function... this doesn’t happen by itself, by accident.

    If 2 disks of 10GB each are set up in RAID, that makes 20GB of disk space, but since one is a mirror of the other, they both contain the same data... For security and redundancy... Therefore, only 10GB of capacity will be displayed, as if there were only one disk...

    It's up to you based on what you want to do... I also believe that you should have utilities included with your NVMe... use them.

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  4. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
     

    For RAID functions, I had already seen a video explaining these functions and their usage principle when I noticed that I had my SSD with this Tag, something I didn't know a year ago when I installed this SSD. And since the RAID-related functionalities don't interest me, I just want to set up the SSD in such a way that I can use my drive without having to deactivate the "Intel Rapid Storage" options in the BIOS each time.

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  6. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   Ambassadeur 1 312
     

    Do you have another SSD on this PC? If so, and in M2, the NVMe disables the M2!

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  7. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
     

    yes, but they are in 2.5 SATA 3 it seems to me

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    1. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312
       

      Remove them from the PC and see if the NVMe is recognized!

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      1. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Even the Windows disk?

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      2. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
         

        Try without taking it out!

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  8. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
     

    detected by the BIOS in RAID but not accessible to install an OS or use as storage

    without disabling the rapid storage

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    1. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312
       

      I think it's the NVMe that's causing the mess, what does your manual say about it? If the old motherboard supported it, then the new one must be lacking in that regard!

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      1. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        https://www.kingston.com/datasheets/SA2000_en.pdf

        I don't see anything that poses a problem.

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      2. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
         

        All I know is that NVME SSDs disable the SATA ports...

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      3. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Remove the SSD that has the same storage as the NVMe; normally the RAID should disappear!

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      4. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        except that it is the system disk and I have already tried to remove all my disks with 0 change of state the only change of RAID to NVME occurs only when I deactivate IRS

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  9. rst
     

    Hello

    Rapid Storage Intel

    I won't say you sold your hard drive to the devil, but this

    in the BIOS the "hardware acceleration function" for transferring Intel data which is reactivated each time

    is precisely about giving Rapid Storage Intel your Kingston NVMe SSD and your RAM, accepting to no longer know where your data from the SSD or RAM is located, in exchange for Windows believing it is dealing with a physical disk which is no longer referred to as Kingston NVMe for Windows, but is actually "a virtual disk with faster access" that you must see under a different name in Windows. This is the sleight of hand you played on Windows.

    You don’t seem to want to disable this magical hardware acceleration function:

    without disabling Rapid Storage

    But only to be able to use my disk. Okay, we’ll see how:

    but no access to install an OS or use it for storage: false. Windows doesn't know it but you do.

    So you only need to put your "Windows system" into the "virtual disk with fast access" that Windows sees believing it’s a physical hard drive, and it will be in your "Kingston NVMe SSD" "and a bit in your RAM". Note that this new hard drive supposedly appearing that Windows sees will not have exactly the same size as the Kingston that has supposedly disappeared!

    It's Windows alone that you deceive; you know that the NVMe SSD is hidden under another name in Windows, but it is indeed already in use.

    Rapid Storage Intel utilizes and diverts "RAID" in a way that is not what was previously known only as RAID 0 or RAID 1 described.

    I could be mistaken, but

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    1. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
       

      If I understand what you're telling me, I need to install Windows 10 for it to recognize that it's a physical disk? As explained earlier, I have always used this disk as conventional data storage without any use of RAID; games and movies, by the way. When I disabled the previously used data, it was always there before I transferred it to address all attempts to use it in a conventional way, formatting and so on.

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      1. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
         

        Keep only the NVMe, prepare a bootable USB drive with Windows 10 and your version, reinstall Windows on it, then put the old current system disk back, format it and you will store your data on it, I think that the system will recognize both physical disks now!

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      2. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        Well, I came back and... it didn't work. I disconnected all my drives and disabled IRS, otherwise there's no way to see the SSD and install Windows 10, and even after that, it happened again.

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      3. quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention   1 312 > grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member
         

        Even if you don't put the SSD in the same storage as the NVMe?

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      4. grabius62 Posted messages 17 Status Member > quentin2121 Posted messages 9063 Registration date   Status Member Last intervention  
         

        yes

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  10. jeannets Posted messages 28396 Registration date   Status Contributor Last intervention   Ambassadeur 6 603
     

    try a mini Linux...

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