“How are the HDDs configured for proper use? I bought this system on 4/29, but when it boots into windows, Disk management shows the 2GB drive and the .25GB SSD, but the SSD is brewed out and unusable. See attached SS. Tech support was no help.”
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The system is configured using AMD’s new StoreMI technology. It uses machine intelligent software to merge the SSD and HDD into one large virtual C: instead of having to split your OS and data up into two drives. You should be seeing full SSD performance (it’s not a cache - more like a virtualization scheme) on the machine as the software always ensures what you are using regularily is stored on the SSD part of the StoreMI “drive”. It also means you don’t run out of capacity when downloading new games as you have 2.2TB of boot drive to work with. I use it for gaming - it’s pretty cool and convenient. If you wish to go back to a split drive setup, then you have two options: 1. Reinstall Windows onto the SSD or HDD. This will wipe all your data so back up first. The AMD help guide walks how to do this properly. 2. Leave the software installed and use the StoreMI utility to separate the SSD from the HDD.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.I was just going through the same confusion you are having bought this thing for my wife yesterday. Now this may not be the 100% correct answer, but based on what I researched, it mostly makes sense. This is the first time I've dealt with any AMD processors, but evidently AMD has this storage optimizer called "storeMI" (https://www.amd.com/en/technologies/store-mi) where it allegedly optimizes your storage between both your drives based on how you use various applications/files. While I'm still skeptical about it, I'm gonna give a whirl and see what happens. Worst comes to worst, if I don't think it's working, I can always wipe and reset it to structure storage "the old fashioned way".
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.So, I ran into the same issue. Although I wouldn't necessarily recommend you do this, what I did was reinstalled Windows 10 from scratch onto the SSD by deleting everything from the drives in the BIOS, essentially. I then was able to format the HDD which freed up both drives for me to use as I wish.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.The SSD is installed only but there is nothing on it. You will need to go into disk management and mount it. IMO they should have installed Windows on the SSD only.
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