M.2 Drives not appearing after reset of Windows 10 machine
I recently, mistakenly uninstalled a driver which forced me to completely reset my machine. I have a Dell Precision Tower 5810 running Windows 10. I have a standard internal hard drive as the C: drive.
I also have 4 Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2 drives mounted on a Aplicata Quad M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe x16 Adapter (more information here). They are setup in a software RAID 10 equivalent using built in Windows 10 tools (storage spaces and drive management). At the time of the reset, I had the drives and the Aplicata mount out of the machine. All of their data is backed up, as I did not expect these drives to work immediately when I plugged them in, assuming information relating to the software RAID would be stored on the C:/, which I reset completely.
The problem I am having, however, is that I cannot find a trace of the drives anywhere. I don't see them in disk management, I don't see them in the BIOS under the Drives tab. I need to reformat the drives, reestablish my software RAID, and move the backed up files to them. But I cannot find a trace of them on my system.
I have tried leaving only 1 at a time mounted in the Aplicata, and have tried with all 4.
Any insights would be highly appreciated. Thank you!
windows-10 software-raid dell-precision nvme m.2
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
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I recently, mistakenly uninstalled a driver which forced me to completely reset my machine. I have a Dell Precision Tower 5810 running Windows 10. I have a standard internal hard drive as the C: drive.
I also have 4 Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2 drives mounted on a Aplicata Quad M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe x16 Adapter (more information here). They are setup in a software RAID 10 equivalent using built in Windows 10 tools (storage spaces and drive management). At the time of the reset, I had the drives and the Aplicata mount out of the machine. All of their data is backed up, as I did not expect these drives to work immediately when I plugged them in, assuming information relating to the software RAID would be stored on the C:/, which I reset completely.
The problem I am having, however, is that I cannot find a trace of the drives anywhere. I don't see them in disk management, I don't see them in the BIOS under the Drives tab. I need to reformat the drives, reestablish my software RAID, and move the backed up files to them. But I cannot find a trace of them on my system.
I have tried leaving only 1 at a time mounted in the Aplicata, and have tried with all 4.
Any insights would be highly appreciated. Thank you!
windows-10 software-raid dell-precision nvme m.2
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14
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I recently, mistakenly uninstalled a driver which forced me to completely reset my machine. I have a Dell Precision Tower 5810 running Windows 10. I have a standard internal hard drive as the C: drive.
I also have 4 Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2 drives mounted on a Aplicata Quad M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe x16 Adapter (more information here). They are setup in a software RAID 10 equivalent using built in Windows 10 tools (storage spaces and drive management). At the time of the reset, I had the drives and the Aplicata mount out of the machine. All of their data is backed up, as I did not expect these drives to work immediately when I plugged them in, assuming information relating to the software RAID would be stored on the C:/, which I reset completely.
The problem I am having, however, is that I cannot find a trace of the drives anywhere. I don't see them in disk management, I don't see them in the BIOS under the Drives tab. I need to reformat the drives, reestablish my software RAID, and move the backed up files to them. But I cannot find a trace of them on my system.
I have tried leaving only 1 at a time mounted in the Aplicata, and have tried with all 4.
Any insights would be highly appreciated. Thank you!
windows-10 software-raid dell-precision nvme m.2
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
I recently, mistakenly uninstalled a driver which forced me to completely reset my machine. I have a Dell Precision Tower 5810 running Windows 10. I have a standard internal hard drive as the C: drive.
I also have 4 Samsung 970 PRO NVMe M.2 drives mounted on a Aplicata Quad M.2 NVMe SSD PCIe x16 Adapter (more information here). They are setup in a software RAID 10 equivalent using built in Windows 10 tools (storage spaces and drive management). At the time of the reset, I had the drives and the Aplicata mount out of the machine. All of their data is backed up, as I did not expect these drives to work immediately when I plugged them in, assuming information relating to the software RAID would be stored on the C:/, which I reset completely.
The problem I am having, however, is that I cannot find a trace of the drives anywhere. I don't see them in disk management, I don't see them in the BIOS under the Drives tab. I need to reformat the drives, reestablish my software RAID, and move the backed up files to them. But I cannot find a trace of them on my system.
I have tried leaving only 1 at a time mounted in the Aplicata, and have tried with all 4.
Any insights would be highly appreciated. Thank you!
windows-10 software-raid dell-precision nvme m.2
windows-10 software-raid dell-precision nvme m.2
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
asked Jan 16 at 17:39
clg5clg5
1
1
From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14
add a comment |
From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14
From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14
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From an employee at Aplicata: "The adapter is a pass through for all the SSD signals (no circuitry between the SSD and host). ". In case this is important.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 18:08
When you performed the Reset, did you choose to keep all personal files or keep nothing? If you simply rebooted your machine you should use a different term then "Reset" means something entirely since you are running Windows 10.
– Ramhound
Jan 16 at 20:44
I did a complete reset, keeping nothing.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 21:49
It should also be noted that none of the drives show up in Samsung Magician, either.
– clg5
Jan 16 at 22:14