Installing 8.1 help.

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osiristhevirus

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I have an asus s500ca ultrabook it has a 24gb ssd which is being used as a cache drive and a 500gb HDD which has windows installed on it. If I wipe out the 500gb hdd and re-install windows 8.1 on it and leave the 24gb drive alone will it still act like a cache drive?

Bryan
 

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System One

  • OS
    windows 8.1
Not by default.

Although you could. Why do you want to reinstall?
 

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Sounds to me like you have one of those Hybrid drives, If so, you can't control what goes on the SSD part of the drive that is all controlled by the firmware of the hard drive.
So the answer would be yes, but verify what hard drive you have and insure that it is just a Hybrid drive.
 

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  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro MC
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    Laptop
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    Asus G75VW / Z97 Pro
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    Intel Core i7-3610QM / I7-4790K
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    Z97 Pro
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    16 GB Hyundai HTM315156CFR8C-PB PC3-12800
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    nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M (GF114M)
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    VIA 6.0.10.1600
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    1080
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Well it originally came with 8 and I took the 8.1 update which hosed my recovery. Ive been having freezing issues and some other minor issues like instead of waking up from sleep it just restarts. So since I cant refresh and go back I figured id just re-install windows 8.1 and install all the drivers and software myself. I think its a hybrid drive I had it open to install some ram and I didnt see the ssd chip or card or what ever in there just a hard drive. I just looked it up I have this. Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 andSanDisk SSD U100 24GB

Bryan

Bry
 

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  • OS
    windows 8.1
osiristhevirus said:
Well it originally came with 8 and I took the 8.1 update which hosed my recovery. Ive been having freezing issues and some other minor issues like instead of waking up from sleep it just restarts. So since I cant refresh and go back I figured id just re-install windows 8.1 and install all the drivers and software myself. I think its a hybrid drive I had it open to install some ram and I didnt see the ssd chip or card or what ever in there just a hard drive. I just looked it up I have this. Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 andSanDisk SSD U100 24GB

Bryan



Bry
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Well that sounds like you have a M2 or msata SanDisk u110 Solid State Drive (SSD) this is a separate drive. I have no Idea how that set up would be. You probably can't see it as complete disassembly would be required to get to it.
I really have no idea how this set up works. Hang in there someone will come along that does for sure.
 

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 8.1 Pro MC
    Computer type
    Laptop
    System Manufacturer/Model
    Asus G75VW / Z97 Pro
    CPU
    Intel Core i7-3610QM / I7-4790K
    Motherboard
    Z97 Pro
    Memory
    16 GB Hyundai HTM315156CFR8C-PB PC3-12800
    Graphics Card(s)
    nVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M (GF114M)
    Sound Card
    VIA 6.0.10.1600
    Screen Resolution
    1080
    Hard Drives
    Samsung 850 Pro 256, Samsung 850 Pro 1TB
    Internet Speed
    30 down 3 up
    Browser
    Explorer 11
    Antivirus
    NIS and Malwarebytes
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