The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    SSD as cache drive question

    Discussion in 'Alienware 14 and M14x' started by ozmaniandevil, Feb 15, 2013.

  1. ozmaniandevil

    ozmaniandevil Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    47
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    I have a 64GB mSATA SSD set up as a cache drive. What I don't understand is why the drive "disappeared" from the computer. If I go to Start>Computer, it no longer shows as a hard drive. Is this normal?
     
    ozmaniandevil, Feb 15, 2013
    #1
  2. Alienware-Luis_Pardo

    Alienware-Luis_Pardo Guest

    Reputations:
    1,141
    Messages:
    1,459
    Likes Received:
    8
    Trophy Points:
    56
    Yes, from now on you'll only see it at start up when the oROM shows up.
     
    Alienware-Luis_Pardo, Feb 15, 2013
    #2
  3. ozmaniandevil

    ozmaniandevil Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    47
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    OK thank you!
     
    ozmaniandevil, Feb 15, 2013
    #3