SSD continually being "re-recognised"

[cycladianpirate]

What happens is this:

At times, my SSD becomes recognized as a 'new' disk.

The problem is that the drive letter of my physical hard drive then gets changed from F: to G: and, hence, none of my programs will work until I go into Computer Management and change the drive letter back (having restarted the computer first).

It also means that my paging file (which I switched to the physical hard drive on advice in a very helpful post on here about SSDs) gets lost and I have to redo that as well.

It's all a bit annoying so any help would be very gratefully received.

 

[steaky360]

Is your SSD your primary drive (ie the one with Windows on it)?

 

[cycladianpirate]

Is your SSD your primary drive (ie the one with Windows on it)?

Thanks for the response. Yes it is.

 

[steaky360]

I don't know how that can happen. I'd kinda figure the primary hard drive was always the C drive and that couldn't change. I've never actually seen that happen before. Might be worth getting in touch with PCS if no one else here has any ideas?

 

[mitchell65]

Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management as if you have a "normal" setup why is the drive with the OS on it the "F" drive. What have you got on the "C" drive. As I say a screnshot will be helpful!

 

[cycladianpirate]

Can you post a screenshot of your Disk Management as if you have a "normal" setup why is the drive with the OS on it the "F" drive. What have you got on the "C" drive. As I say a screnshot will be helpful!

OS is on the C: drive (the SSD). The F: drive is the second hard drive (physical) used for storing files, lesser used programs and games.

I've tried to attach a screenshot - hope it works!

 

[steaky360]

I don't think this is because of the C Drive I'd say its more likely to do with the external drives (if your C drive changed letter your PC wouldn't start I don't think). I know the drive letters change sometimes on my external drives. Never seen that change an internal drive before though.

 

[mitchell65]

I'm no expert in this field but i think if you put the Page File back where it normally resides on the "C" you will solve the problem. Why did you move it in the first place, just interested?

 

[cycladianpirate]

I'm no expert in this field but i think if you put the Page File back where it normally resides on the "C" you will solve the problem. Why did you move it in the first place, just interested?

I followed the advice in this thread: https://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?14728-SSD-Management

Trouble is that the problem occurred before I did so.

HOWEVER, I have just gone into the SSD management software and disabled Power Management. I wonder if that was the problem? Given that I run games and other programs purely from the HDD, is it possible that the SSD was shutting down to 'save power' and then, when I went to access it again, effectively re-joining the system and being 're-recognized' as a new disk?

I'll see how it goes but, given that I've never known 'power management' to be anything but a pain in the ...... I wouldn't be surprised.

"Power Management"? I've got all the power management I need - it's called an off switch.

 

[ubuysa]

I have my pagefile on D: (my hard drive) and not on C: (my SSD). I don't think the location of the pagefile is an issue, as long as Windows knows where it is of course.

Can you open up the case and check that the cables are properly seated on your SSD? The only reason I can imagine for the problem you describe is Windows loosing contact with the drive, which of course should not happen. If the cables are properly seated then I'd be tempted to call PCS because you may have a faulty SSD drive.

 

[cycladianpirate]

I have my pagefile on D: (my hard drive) and not on C: (my SSD). I don't think the location of the pagefile is an issue, as long as Windows knows where it is of course.

Can you open up the case and check that the cables are properly seated on your SSD? The only reason I can imagine for the problem you describe is Windows loosing contact with the drive, which of course should not happen. If the cables are properly seated then I'd be tempted to call PCS because you may have a faulty SSD drive.

Thanks for the reply Ubuysa, but (fingers crossed) I haven't had a problem since disabling power management. I always like to take the path of least resistance/hassle! Mind you, your suggestion to check the seating is a good one and, should the worse come to the worse, it will be my next check. Cheers.