Hey everyone, I'm having a really strange issue with my PC. I recently built it and had everything set up smoothly. I had my C: drive in the m.2_1 slot, another drive in the m.2_2 slot, and also a hard drive. But then my storage got full, so I decided to add another non-M.2 SSD. After installing that, my drive in the m.2_2 slot completely disappeared from both Windows and the BIOS! I have a ton of important stuff on that drive that I really need to recover. I've tried flashing the BIOS, moving the drive to a different slot, and even unplugging the other drives, but nothing seems to work. Does anyone have any advice on how to get that drive back? I'm using an ASUS ROG Strix B650-A motherboard.
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Okay, first things first, where exactly is the drive not appearing? You mentioned it’s missing from Windows and the BIOS, right? If it's just in Windows, check if it's visible in Disk Management. If it doesn't show up there either, that’s a bigger issue. Also, keep in mind: do you have any backups of the data in case things go south?
It's not appearing in my BIOS or Disk Management at all. It was showing up fine before I added the new SSD, and even when I removed the new drive, it still won’t show up.