SSD help?

[Adram02]

Yo, so I installed my SSD and made the mistake of installing windows on it when my current HDD already had windows. Now my HDD won’t show up on disk management or the BIOS. It also won’t show up on other software like cloning softwares. What should I do? (Also, yes, I made sure everything was connected correctly and I made sure the HDD still worked by itself)

[minibois]

1 minute ago, Adram02 said:

Yo, so I installed my SSD and made the mistake of installing windows on it when my current HDD already had windows. Now my HDD won’t show up on disk management or the BIOS. It also won’t show up on other software like cloning softwares. What should I do? (Also, yes, I made sure everything was connected correctly and I made sure the HDD still worked by itself)

Your motherboard probably shared the M.2 slot with a couple of the SATA ports, which is why the HDD was not showing up anymore.

Try a different SATA port for your HDD. (like a port next to it, but not like the one right above/below the current one, but actually one next to it).

 

What motherboard do you have?

[Adram02]

Aorus B450 Pro Wifi. Thank you.

[Adram02]

3 hours ago, minibois said:

Your motherboard probably shared the M.2 slot with a couple of the SATA ports, which is why the HDD was not showing up anymore.

Try a different SATA port for your HDD. (like a port next to it, but not like the one right above/below the current one, but actually one next to it).

 

What motherboard do you have?

You were right, thank you so much! Literally spent hours and that never came to mind

[minibois]

9 minutes ago, Adram02 said:

You were right, thank you so much! Literally spent hours and that never came to mind

The manual of your motherboard doesn't seem to be online at the moment, but usually SATA 5 and 6 get turned off on B450 motherboards (when using an M.2 SSD).