1) List exact make and model of laptop
2) Is this a 32 GB SSD you bought and installed yourself ? What is the make and model ?
3) Did it ever have Windows 7 on it ? (the SSD)
The SSD has to be seen in the bios in order to install windows on it or run the clean command.
1) Fujitsu Lifebook UH572 (not 772), bios version 1.07, INTEL CORE (TM) i7-3517U CPU @ 1.90 GHZ, 8GB RAM, 32 GB SSD 256 GB HDD
Hi Tech Store. ULTRABOOK UH572/I7/4GB/256GB SSD/RED link for the specific model
2)No, the SSD is from the manufacturer
3)yes windows 8 and 7 (before installing linux)
And you know for a fact, the ssd and the hard drive are 2 seperate pieces of hardware ?
They both showed up in the bios when you installed ubuntu ?
no, only the HDD... However while I install ubuntu I can see both the SSD and the HDD. So I install it on SSD. The difference is that I can boot from the SSD in ubuntu, but I cant do the same in Windows even if it is installed in the SSD.
In BIOS only the HDD is visible (in the boot menu)..
Ya I think you have a single hard drive with a 32 GB iSSD cache.
Not 2 separate drives.
I am no expert on these.
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Last edited by AddRAM; 22 Apr 2015 at 17:47.
yes you are right, but how could I fix this issue now?
My only other suggestion would be to make and use a Partition Wizard Boot CD to wipe and then setup the drive, not sure why Diskpart didn`t work.
Bootable Partition Manger | MiniTool Partition Wizard Bootable Edition
Whoever you took it to, was certainly no PC expert.
Hopefully a forum member with good knowledge of this type of drive will jump in.
Its only an HDD that has an SSD cache. So in BIOS you are able to see only the HDD (that has the cache). Yes, I can install and boot from SSD when I have linux ubuntu. The problem starts when I try to install windows...
You want to install it on SSD???? Why do you have a HDD only.... it uses the SSD as cache. At least that is what you say.
The BIOS shows you can only boot from HDD.... SSD is not in the boot menu.
Where did you define it as a cache SSD? In BIOS?
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