New HP ENVY with 16GB SSD cache

[FordBlue]

OK i ran the command from the accessories page as administrator and re ran ECCmd -info and received the following  message.

HFS volume is not mounted.

[FordBlue]

I did rerun as admin and it said 

HFS - Volume is not mounted...    Sorry about the duplicate post

[Big_Dave · Accepted solution]

Hi,

Sounds like the Condusiv software is not active with the MSATA.  Did you see documentation in the Condusiv directory?

I am hoping that we don't have to run a diskpart clean function on that device but perhaps we need to start fresh. Even after clean another Condusiv command  (ECCmd -partition) needs to be performed and then a reboot.  At that point the Condusiv ECCmd -info command should work and show some caching statistics.

[FordBlue]

I assume even if we did a clean and partition it wont affect the main drive C. 

once it is back online and active it will start to accumulate the used files and start to speed things up .... Right?

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

That would be correct from my understanding.  Just be sure to select the correct device when using the clean command. You should be able to identify it by size.

You should be able to "pin" programs to the cache but I don't know how that is done. Hence the need for a manual.  I'll see if HP will let loose with something.

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

Review this HP article.  Windows 8 only? And you have a Windows 7 delivered PC?

[FordBlue]

Yes i have Windows 7 pro and the Condusiv software was installed on the original .   I don't see a " Setup file" in the Condusiv folder anywhere so i am somewhat reluctant to uninstall and reinstall the software.

[jaco1x4]

Hi,

I am running Win 8.1 with a 16GB SSD cache. Envy Phoenix 810-150se.

The 16GB SSD drive should appear as online in Disk Management.

I accidentally borked my 16GB SSD drive when attempting to, unsuccessfully, install Win 7. Accidentally reformatted the drive during the Win 7 install routine. Rebooting to Win 8.1 after failed Win 7 install had the 16GB drive listed as offline and unallocated.

I ran HP's UEFI boot time HDD drive diagnostics on the drive and after a successful completion and boot back to Win 8.1 the drive was correctly configured in Disk Management as a healthy, simple, basic, online drive. No drive letter assigned in Disk Management.

I cannot technically describe how this worked but it did fix my PC. Avoided contacting HP to fix!

Just a thought??

Jaco

[FordBlue]

Jaco, thanks for the comments here. I did not have to go into this fix as severely as you did...but thanks for your time . see my next post back to Big Dave. I hope I got his name right here.

[Big_Dave]

Hi,

If you can't get the Condusiv implementation to work then contact HP Support.  Alternatively, since your PC has the Intel Z87 chipset, your could use Intel solution for mSATA caching.