Windows search doesn't open

[xilolee]

That disk might be corrupted... Try another sata port in your motherboard, check its power cable (detach and reconnect).

 

[Piuma]

clicking on disk 1 through disk management I could retrieve the following info about the Events:
Il dispositivo SCSI\Disk&Ven_&Prod_\4&1038a42f&0&010000 è stato configurato.

Nome driver: disk.inf
GUID classe: {4d36e967-e325-11ce-bfc1-08002be10318}
Data driver: 06/21/2006
Versione driver: 10.0.19041.3636
Provider driver: Microsoft
Sezione driver: disk_install.NT
Classificazione driver: 0xFF0005
ID dispositivo corrispondente: GenDisk
Driver prioritari:
Aggiornamento dispositivo: false
Dispositivo padre: PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_1E03&SUBSYS_15871043&REV_04\3&11583659&0&FA


PS: la versione driver coincide con la versione driver del tool diskpart.

 

[Piuma]

Please, have a look at this report:

 

[xilolee]

Hence now does the OS "see" it?

 

[Piuma]

No, I've uninstalled it again along with its "supposed-to-be" driver, and this time The OS doesn't see it.
I didn't llok for it in UEFI/BIOS, tho.

 

[xilolee]

Did you try this?

Try another sata port in your motherboard, check its power cable (detach and reconnect).

 

[Piuma]

Unfortunately, I didn't succeed at fully opening the chassis.

 

[Piuma]

Hi, I've requested support to the Manufacturer' technician (Italian ASUS).
Quoting: " il problema del mancato funzionamento dell'SSD 24 Gb è causato dalla mancanza del software ExpressCache, questo programma è una tecnologia utilizzata per migliorare le prestazioni del sistema sfruttando un SSD come cache. In pratica, ExpressCache memorizza temporaneamente i dati più frequentemente utilizzati su un SSD, permettendo un accesso più rapido rispetto a un tradizionale disco rigido (HDD). "
I actually have that software installed, but it's interesting to fully understand the meaning of that 24 Gb SSD.
I've therefore indulged again throughout our thread above.
And found a screenshot (in attachment), where I could notice a different partitioning tho, compared to the actual one created by the system after formatting and re-installing W10 (screenshot #26).
I think that something went wrong during that formatting session, and now my ssd is 0Gb and unexistant to the system.

I would like to start by creating again the same partitioning on Disk 0.

I've tried Paragon partition manager free, but it's not helping, so maybe I should go ahead with Diskpart.

Could you please write for me some guidance lines, as to proceed, and avoid further mistakes?
Tx

 

[xilolee]

Did you download and install the software expresscache for Windows 10 for your Asus model through its support website?
If no, do it. Then:

• Run ECWin10Cleanup.exe (via administrative command prompt)
  DO NOT reboot!
• Run ExpressCacheSetup.exe
• Reboot your system

 

[Piuma]

Since I formatted (by mistake) the SSD part of the HD on my laptop, I've reinstalled windows10 and the ExpressCache many times in the past month, and just done again , but no changes.

Then I've followed this procedure:
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And it comes out that HFS volume is not mounted. (screenshot in attachment) ...

 

[xilolee]

Could you try it with the official Asus tool?
Or is it unavailable?

 

[Piuma]

Yes, all the package was downloaded from the dedicated Asus support.
The app my Asus cannot do any hardware diagnostic on my machine, due to the lack of a necessary component to run it.

 

[xilolee]

Could you find and check its version number (expresscache)?
From asus I can see it's 1.3.118.0 - 2015/08/31.

 

[Piuma]

Yes, it's that.

 

[xilolee]

The procedure on asus website is described like this:

• Run ECWin10Cleanup.exe (via administrative command prompt)
  DO NOT reboot!
• Run ExpressCacheSetup.exe
• Reboot your system

 

[Piuma]

Yes, it's been downloaded and installed in my machine, since the first time I upgraded to w10, when I opened this thread.
It's the latest release and it's been downloaded from the Asus support.
But unfortunately my ssd is not cooperating and I'm at a dead end.

 

[xilolee]

But did you run those two commands?

 

[Piuma]

Yes, of course

 

[Piuma]

Update: I managed to open the disk compartment, and I didn't see any mini ssd sliding
Please have a look to the picture
The last one is the disk itself after removing 3 screws