Re-enable a disabled drive. Can I do this in the BIOS?

So my machine has three drives, one of which I was problematic. Every time there was a crash, it was trying to write to that drive. On startup after a crash, the machine would always do a drive repair on that drive. I feel like this happened after the machine got hot. The drive is a m.2 SSD on the underside of the ASUS ROG Strix B550-I motherboard. Replacing the drive would mean completely disassembly of the machine, so I disabled the drive in Disk Manager and the problem went away. However, I'd like enable it again to access some files and then wipe it. However, the drive is no longer visible in Disk Manager. DM only shows the other two drives.

C: which is the Samsung 960 EVO 500GB
E: which is the Crucial CT500P5PSSD8

I went into the BIOS and found the those two listed in the NVMe page. I eventually found the problem, drive a Crucial CT1000MX500SSD (1000.2GB) on the BIOS SATA page. (See Pics) Can I enable the disabled drive in the BIOS, and how would I do that.

Says that sata port is enabled.. you could enable the hotplug but I doubt that’ll make any difference. You sure it’s not enabled and just not assigned a drive letter in windows? Did you check Disk Management?

dacrone said:

Says that sata port is enabled.. you could enable the hotplug but I doubt that’ll make any difference. You sure it’s not enabled and just not assigned a drive letter in windows? Did you check Disk Management?

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Yep. this is what DM shows.

What does it say if you browse to E:\ in explorer or terminal?

dacrone said:

What does it say if you browse to E:\ in explorer or terminal?

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There is no problem with E:. The malfunctioning drive that I disabled was D:
Neither terminal nor explorer find the drive the drive. The only place is shows is in the BIOS on the SATA page.

Post the results of Diskpart

dacrone said:

Post the results of Diskpart

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Same result as Disk Manager. The a 1TB Crucial CT1000MX500SSD dies not show.

hi @CalypsoArt

What does the Device Manager show under 'Disk Drives'? Also, in the Device Manager have you tried running the 'Scan for hardware changes ' option?

Same two HDs.

1) you keep saying disk manager.. i'm assuming you meant you disabled it in disk management?
2) if it shows in bios but not in windows, its seeming more like a driver issue to recognize the m.2 slot - look for mobo drivers for m.2