how many storage drive can you put in my XPS 8950? can you put 2 M2 Storage and how many SSD drives? and can you use the new Samsung 990 M2 with heatsink in both M2 pcIe connectors?
For me to better understanding the possible cause and offer a working solution, can you provide a brief description of how your storage configuration before (how many drive, what type, and the ports of connection to), comparing to now, what is the current storage configuration look like and what is your ultimate goal to have.
In addition, did you make any change to BIOS settings and/or to Windows. Beside the drive does not appear, do you get any system error.
Since your Samsung 1tb is large enough, use it for both Windows (boot) and programs, except games.
The Samsung 2tb can be good for games (load times) and running any types of temporary large files. For example, configure as a scratch drive for Photoshop, assembling downloaded files for IDM, audio workspace for FL Studio, project folders for Adobe Premiere, and many more possibilities.
Assuming your E drive is a spinning hard drive or a SATA ssd, as for its small size, you can use it for first layer of daily backup. It will be a temporary backup holding needed data until your scheduled backup to external and/or cloud. Remember, if something would of happened to drive C and system can't boot, your drive E can be pulled and you still have the latest data.
Wouldn't that be the same as your original plan of storing files on drive E? Often use of moving and transferring data (files) needs to be on a fast media, hence the suggestion to keep main files on drive D. Beside, keeping files on drive D with any other project works will give you better transfer speed during backup and all coming from one place.
In another word, drive E is still used for files as your plan but is redundancy as a second set in case of something happens. The internal transfer speed is not bad when copying from drive D to drive E.
Because everyone use their machine differently, something works good for one may not work out well for others.
Chino de Oro
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May 18th, 2023 04:00
Yes, you can put x2 of M.2 SSD (with heatsink) and up to x4 of 2.5" SSD. Additional dual drive brackets and cables are required.
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May 19th, 2023 12:00
@Chino de Oro I tried adding an additional 8 TB Segate Hard Disk to my desktop. However, it is not appearing anywhere in Device Manager or in Storage.
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May 19th, 2023 17:00
For me to better understanding the possible cause and offer a working solution, can you provide a brief description of how your storage configuration before (how many drive, what type, and the ports of connection to), comparing to now, what is the current storage configuration look like and what is your ultimate goal to have.
In addition, did you make any change to BIOS settings and/or to Windows. Beside the drive does not appear, do you get any system error.
Jvw318
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May 19th, 2023 17:00
I'm doing a new Configuration to my 8950 what you guys think of this
i'm putting a Samsung 990 M2 1TB for the boot
Samsung 990 M2 2TB for the D drive which will be for my programs
E drive for my files will be 500 GB
give me your option on this
Chino de Oro
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May 19th, 2023 20:00
Since your Samsung 1tb is large enough, use it for both Windows (boot) and programs, except games.
The Samsung 2tb can be good for games (load times) and running any types of temporary large files. For example, configure as a scratch drive for Photoshop, assembling downloaded files for IDM, audio workspace for FL Studio, project folders for Adobe Premiere, and many more possibilities.
Assuming your E drive is a spinning hard drive or a SATA ssd, as for its small size, you can use it for first layer of daily backup. It will be a temporary backup holding needed data until your scheduled backup to external and/or cloud. Remember, if something would of happened to drive C and system can't boot, your drive E can be pulled and you still have the latest data.
Just a suggestion.
Jvw318
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May 19th, 2023 21:00
i won't use the E drive for backups i'll use my F drive which is a external T7 and it's a whole lot fast than the E drive....
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May 19th, 2023 22:00
Wouldn't that be the same as your original plan of storing files on drive E? Often use of moving and transferring data (files) needs to be on a fast media, hence the suggestion to keep main files on drive D. Beside, keeping files on drive D with any other project works will give you better transfer speed during backup and all coming from one place.
In another word, drive E is still used for files as your plan but is redundancy as a second set in case of something happens. The internal transfer speed is not bad when copying from drive D to drive E.
Because everyone use their machine differently, something works good for one may not work out well for others.