Hi SandeepRaichura - I'm Kevin B. Independent advisor and a Windows user like you. I do apologize for the inconvenience that you experiencing right now, let me help you sort things out.

After cloning, I removed the old hard drive and was happy to see that Windows loads fine from the new SDD, and everything seemed to be working fine. However I have now noticed that the SSD (which is now my 'Drive C:') is still listed as a 'Hard Disk Drive' when I bring up the Defrag and Optimise Drive app and not as "Solid State Drive".

2. Type LIST DISK, this command will list the hard drives installed on the machine, pay close attention not to choose the wrong hard drive. 3. Type SELECT DISK “X”, in place of the X, put the number of the HD you want to activate it, without quotation marks. 4. Now just type the commands below and press Enter at each command. 5.Commands:

list disk select disk 0 (Change the number 0 by the number of the disk where you want to install Windows as listed in the previous command) clean create partition primary exit exit 3. Click Update and you will see that a new partition has been created on the disk; 4. Select the partition and proceed with Windows installation.

I just bought a brand new HP laptop with an i5 processor, 8 gigs of RAM, and a 1TB hybrid drive. From the moment I log into Windows 10, my hard drive is cranking away at 100%. I have not installed any programs at all. I am not running a single task according to Task Manager. I've already tried disabling MSI Support, but that did nothing.

1. Press Windows + X and select the Disk Manager option; 2. After loading all connected disks, right click on the HDD you want to disable and go to Properties; 3. Click on the Driver tab; 4. Click the Disable Device button. This way the Disk will be disabled, even if it is physically connected. I await news.

If it's grinding as you say, it may still be failing. I'd recommend using CrystalDiskInfo and run a S.M.A.R.T scan. This will verify if the drive is failing. You might also run chkdsk In Cortana Search Bar type CHKDSK X: /F Replace the X with the Drive (usually C:) Windows is loaded on. Cortana will elevate a Command Prompt to scan.

LIST DISK SEL DIS # (replace # with the disk # of the Windows disk from list in previous command) CLEAN EXIT Close Command Box, on second screen choose Install Now, then Custom Install, then at the drive selection screen choose Unallocated Space, click Next to let it create needed partitions and start install - this makes it foolproof.

Once you have that figure, compare it to the chart below — it's the most common Torx screw sizes for hard drive enclosures : 1.7 mm = T6 Torx 2.0 mm = T7 Torx 2.3 mm = T8 Torx 2.5 mm = T9 Torx In other words : • between 1½ and 2 mm, you're looking at a T6 driver • 2 mm even, that's T7