Computers Strange SSD Thing

**Buck** · 10-15-2016, 10:33 AM

I have two SSDs in my machine.

The first is my C drive and it works flawlessly, my OS is on there.

The second is my D drive. It only works if I'm turning my PC back on after a hard turn off. That is, if while my machine is running, I hold down the power button until it turns off.

Whenever I normally shut it down, the D drive does not show up upon reboot.

It's really weird and I can't figure out why its happening.

Any ideas?

**Baby Lee** · 10-15-2016, 10:51 AM

Are you in Win10?
If so are you all the way updated?
By all the way updated, does this include the Anniversary Update [v.1607]?

As MS continues to update its Win10 OS, it's getting more and more problems with 2ndary drives being recognized.

I had a thread on it a couple months back. I had to roll back from 1607 to 1511 and wait for MS to fix the problem because I lost my 3 TB external drive otherwise [it was fine, just not recognized]. Still waiting on a fix.

**Buck** · 10-15-2016, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Baby Lee

Are you in Win10?
If so are you all the way updated?
By all the way updated, does this include the Anniversary Update [v.1607]?

As MS continues to update its Win10 OS, it's getting more and more problems with 2ndary drives being recognized.

I had a thread on it a couple months back. I had to roll back from 1607 to 1511 and wait for MS to fix the problem because I lost my 3 TB external drive otherwise [it was fine, just not recognized]. Still waiting on a fix.

Win 7

Vegas_Dave · 10-16-2016, 11:56 AM

Check that there isn't seeing selected on the drive that lets Windows power down the device when not in use (device manager)

**hometeam** · 10-16-2016, 11:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegas_Dave

Check that there isn't seeing selected on the drive that lets Windows power down the device when not in use (device manager)

This is a good guess.

If you want to let me get in there with teamviewer I will fix it if its a software problem in any way.

kccrow · 10-16-2016, 02:50 PM

Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings (of your selected power plan) > Change Advanced Power Settings > Hard Disk > Turn Off Hard Disk After > Set this to 0 > Apply > Ok

**Buck** · 10-16-2016, 02:52 PM

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Originally Posted by kccrow

Control Panel > Power Options > Change Plan Settings (of your selected power plan) > Change Advanced Power Settings > Hard Disk > Turn Off Hard Disk After > Set this to 0 > Apply > Ok

What the ****ing ****? This was set to 20 min. Why the hell would it be set to that?

kccrow · 10-16-2016, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

What the ****ing ****? This was set to 20 min. Why the hell would it be set to that?

I think that's the default for Balanced for both HDs and Displays. Don't remember for sure though.

**Buck** · 10-16-2016, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by kccrow

I think that's the default for Balanced for both HDs and Displays. Don't remember for sure though.

That didn't fix it but that's weird. I'm gonna plug it into a different slot on my mobo and see how that works.

kccrow · 10-16-2016, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

That didn't fix it but that's weird. I'm gonna plug it into a different slot on my mobo and see how that works.

Make sure there's no power saving options in your BIOS on restart?

**Buck** · 10-16-2016, 03:51 PM

I replaced the Sata cable and moved the sata cable into a different port. Works fine now.

Also, before it was taking me 3-4 min to boot off of an SSD, now its back to 30 sec.

I think somehow it was trying to boot to the bad SSD first, even though it didn't even show up in the BIOS.

All good now, thanks for the help.

kccrow · 10-18-2016, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Buck

I replaced the Sata cable and moved the sata cable into a different port. Works fine now.

Also, before it was taking me 3-4 min to boot off of an SSD, now its back to 30 sec.

I think somehow it was trying to boot to the bad SSD first, even though it didn't even show up in the BIOS.

All good now, thanks for the help.

Glad you found the solution! I'm thinking that setting being changed will help going forward, but you found the major issue.

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10-16-2016, 03:51 PM	#11
Buck Take a Chill Pill Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: South Carolina Casino cash: $8319900	I replaced the Sata cable and moved the sata cable into a different port. Works fine now. Also, before it was taking me 3-4 min to boot off of an SSD, now its back to 30 sec. I think somehow it was trying to boot to the bad SSD first, even though it didn't even show up in the BIOS. All good now, thanks for the help.
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