HDD suddenly dissappeared

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CarGue

New member
Hello,

My HDD Seagate barracuda suddenly dissapeared. When I looked in disk manager it doesn't show up so I cannot reformat it from there but in the event manager it appears like this
Volume \\?\Volume{b6b7e68b-0f61-4b7a-b17c-abee606c78da} (\Device\HarddiskVolume3) is correct. No action required.

I have everything in that HDD, cannot it be reconnected or something so the pc can read it again?
It happened after I installed an internal sdd drive from crucial P3 1TB m.2

My PC is from pc specialist from august 2020
CaseCORSAIR iCUE 220T RGB AIRFLOW MID TOWER GAMING CASE
Processor (CPU)AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Eight Core CPU (3.6GHz-4.4GHz/36MB CACHE/AM4)
MotherboardGigabyte B450 AORUS ELITE: DDR4, USB 3.1 - ARGB Ready
Memory (RAM)16GB Corsair VENGEANCE DDR4 3000MHz (2 x 8GB)
Graphics Card8GB NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2060 SUPER - HDMI, DP - VR Ready!
1st M.2 SSD Drive500GB SAMSUNG 970 EVO PLUS M.2, PCIe NVMe (up to 3500MB/R, 3200MB/W)
1st Storage Drive2TB SEAGATE BARRACUDA SATA-III 3.5" HDD, 6GB/s, 7200RPM, 256MB CACHE
Power SupplyCORSAIR 550W CV SERIES™ CV-550 POWER SUPPLY
Power Cable1 x 1 Metre UK Power Cable (Kettle Lead)
Processor CoolingPCS FrostFlow 100 RGB Series High Performance CPU Cooler (AMD)
Thermal PasteSTANDARD THERMAL PASTE FOR SUFFICIENT COOLING
Sound CardCreative Sound Blaster® Audigy Rx
Wireless Network CardWIRELESS 802.11N 300Mbps/2.4GHz PCI-E CARD
USB/Thunderbolt OptionsMIN. 2 x USB 3.0 & 2 x USB 2.0 PORTS @ BACK PANEL + MIN. 2 FRONT PORTS
Operating SystemWindows 10
 
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CarGue

New member
I looked in internet and it seems that installing that ssd disconnect some sata3 ports.
But I don't know which are sata ports that the ssd disabled and how do I reconnect the the HDD
 
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TonyCarter

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The motherboard manual will tell you which ports are which, and which are disabled when the 2nd m.2 is used.

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However, looking at it, it seems both m.2 slots disable some of the SATA ports...and this table shows you what each disables, and what is left...i.e. the SATA0/SATA1 ports labelled #10 on the motherboard diagram (unfortunately the manual doesn't tell you which is 0/1 and which is 2/3, so you'll have to look on your motherboard for the little labels).

M2.jpg

Motherboard.jpg
 
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