SSD and HDD appear together as a single Disk 0 device.
SSD and HDD appear together as a single Disk 0 device.
while the 1TB HDD shows up as (C. It seems the system treats the M.2 as part of the HDD rather than a separate drive. After wiping the 16GB M.2 and trying to clone the OS, it worked because the system recognized it as its own partition. The HDD only appears when the 128GB M.2 is used instead. Why does one work and the other not? I want the 16GB M.2 to be both the boot option and a standalone drive, and I’d like to reset the HDD so I can swap them easily. Is this feasible?
My HP Pavilion 590 originally came with a 16GB M.2 SSD and a 1TB HDD. I'm attempting to add a 128GB M.2 drive from an older system. The previous HDD no longer appears when I install the new 128GB drive. All devices are updated, but they show up in BIOS yet only the SSD is listed in disk management or device manager. When I reinstalled the original 16GB M.2, the HDD reappeared but was grouped under a combined Disk 0 entry. The 16GB M.2 appears as a partition labeled (D while the 1TB HDD shows up as (C. It seems the system treats the M.2 as part of the HDD rather than a separate drive. After wiping the 16GB M.2 and trying to clone the OS, it worked because the system recognized it as its own partition. The HDD only appears when the 128GB M.2 is used instead. Why does one work and the other not? I want the 16GB M.2 to be both the boot option and a standalone drive, and I’d like to reset the HDD so I can swap them easily. Is this feasible?
I recognize the 16GB m.2 as Intel Optane Memory. It functions as memory with extremely low latency, enhancing the performance of the HDD. It's combined with the HDD for better operation, and the HDD isn't fully recognized when isolated. To make it work independently again, you need to disable the Optane. You can do this via the Intel RST app or by adjusting the Storage Configuration in the BIOS. For more details, refer to the CyberpowerPC guide.