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Perrin
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Basically my SSD is pathed inside my other SSD if that makes any sense. I know almost nothing about storage but i want to wipe my pc and have my two SSDs separate instead of one in the other like it currently is. How should I go about doing this? I put in a picture that hopefully shows what I mean

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3 minutes ago, Perrin said:

Basically my SSD is pathed inside my other SSD if that makes any sense. I know almost nothing about storage but i want to wipe my pc and have my two SSDs separate instead of one in the other like it currently is. How should I go about doing this? I put in a picture that hopefully shows what I mean

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That just looks like a shortcut to your other drive. Can you take a screenshot of "This PC" for us? (Blackout any private information of course.)

 

You're looking to see if the drive shows up in "This PC" with a drive letter and name. If not, you might need to assign a drive letter manually.

https://www.howtogeek.com/786583/how-to-change-a-drive-letter-on-windows-10-or-windows-11/

 

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1 minute ago, kirashi said:

That just looks like a shortcut to your other drive. Can you take a screenshot of "This PC" for us? (Blackout any private information of course.)

 

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Yep, here you go. I currently have 2 SSDs and one usb stick in the PC. The usb is the D drive.2075557407_ThisPC2_17_20237_37_05PM.thumb.png.6f20457422a18a98367da67370ee82a2.png

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8 minutes ago, Perrin said:

Yep, here you go. I currently have 2 SSDs and one usb stick in the PC. The usb is the D drive.2075557407_ThisPC2_17_20237_37_05PM.thumb.png.6f20457422a18a98367da67370ee82a2.png

Gotcha. Looks like the drive either hasn't been formatted before, or is missing a drive letter assignment.

 

You should be able to assign the drive a letter (or format it, if it's a new unformatted drive) from Disk Management.

https://www.howtogeek.com/786583/how-to-change-a-drive-letter-on-windows-10-or-windows-11/

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6 minutes ago, kirashi said:

You should be able to assign the drive a letter (or format it, if it's a new unformatted drive) from Disk Management.

https://www.howtogeek.com/786583/how-to-change-a-drive-letter-on-windows-10-or-windows-11/

Thought I'd just add (this should be self explanatory), obviously make sure your files are backed up on a USB stick, in the cloud, or both if you really want. Cause once that drive's formatted those files are gone forever. Even just reinstalling windows it's a good idea to do this even if it says it'll keep your files 🙂 

Keep in mind that I am sometimes wrong, so please correct me if you believe this is the case!

 

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10 minutes ago, kirashi said:

Gotcha. Looks like the drive either hasn't been formatted before, or is missing a drive letter assignment.

 

You should be able to assign the drive a letter (or format it, if it's a new unformatted drive) from Disk Management.

https://www.howtogeek.com/786583/how-to-change-a-drive-letter-on-windows-10-or-windows-11/

I've been using these two drives for a couple years like this, something my dad set up when i bought the pc. It appears that my boot drive is drive C: and my other drive is also drive C: but like added to it. Will assigning my non-boot drive a different letter make it its own lettered drive?

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I think the second ssd is just mounted as a folder ( yes, you can do that )

 

just check the Disk Management and ssd how it’s mounted.  
 

you don't even have to format it if that the case. Just change the mounting to the letter.     

   
 
 
 
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