It's been 6 months or so since I last ran Disk Management. So, I was surprised when I opened it to receive a message to format unallocated space.
Seems there's a new drive in town, except I didn't add it. Is it a cloud drive, or has a windows update or some other software created a new partition?
Any explanations welcome.
This is really odd. First it is unusual to show as an even 8GB. Ususally the binaries are odd numbers. Then it shows as Disk 0 which implies that it is attached to port 0 of the mobo. And then what could such a small drive possibley be. I am just as puzzled as you are.
Hi Michaelst,
ASUS added it.
Your ASUS motherboard is equipped with an Express Gate SSD.
What is asus express gate?
Last edited by jumanji; 22 Mar 2014 at 06:40.
Damn good catch jumami.Hi Michaelst,
ASUS added it.
Your ASUS motherboard is equipped with an Express Gate SSD.
What is asus express gate?
Hmmm... I haven't updated any motherboard drivers knowingly. My MB is an old P5Q. I will check in the BIOS - but I haven't updated that in 3-4 years.
Excellent diagnosis, jumanji - I disabled express gate and it was still there. I disabled the Marvel controller and - voila! - no more 8gb drive at disk 0.
Strange thing is, I never enabled the Marvel controller. I have other settings in the BIOS that I would have noticed if anything had changed if, for instance, the BIOS got reset.
I think it's time to pull the trigger on a new CPU, MB and Memory. Still... 5 years on this one is quite good.
Last edited by michaelst; 23 Mar 2014 at 04:30.
Glad that I could throw the light of the day. :)
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