SSD Internal Drive Showing Up As External Drive!

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SSD Internal Drive Showing Up As External Drive!

Hello,

My Internal SSD is showing up as an external drive. I did a backup of all the data to another drive, erased it and re-partitioned it but it is still showing as a removable external drive. I don't know what to do as it "was" my startup drive so in the meantime I installed OSX on another drive for now. Would there possibly be a terminal command to change the drive to internal or something else I can do?

I appreciate the help.

Here are some pics to help hopefully.

Luke ****

Posted on Jul 6, 2014 11:16 AM

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Answer 1

Eau Rouge

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Sep 22, 2017 12:11 AM in response to dennisjaja

You have jumped on a post that is 3 years old and is concerned about the Mac Pro, you are posting about a non related problem you have with your MacBook Pro, please post at the MacBook Pro forum, MacBook Pro

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Answer 2

Sep 21, 2017 11:57 PM in response to Luke Eischen

So did anyone find a solution for this problem??

I have the same issue especially the fact when my battery is low, my computer then shuts down and when I connect it to my adapter I start it up and the screen loads but then freezes, so I need to restart my mac.

So a solution would be a very big help

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Linc Davis

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Jul 6, 2014 3:47 PM in response to Luke Eischen

I suggest you contact OWC tech support. The behavior may be normal for that device.

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kahjot

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Jul 6, 2014 8:05 PM in response to Luke Eischen

Is the storage on an Accelsior card ever seen as an internal drive?

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Answer 5

Jul 7, 2014 1:41 AM in response to Luke Eischen

Hi,

The SSD is showing correctly as the SSD is on a expansion card inside the machine.

If you would like to change the icon:

- Under Finder right click on a internal volume and choose " Get Info "

- click on the disk icon at the top, from the desktop menu select Edit -> Copy

- Under Finder right click on the SSD volume and choose " Get Info "

- click on the disk icon at the top, from the desktop menu select Edit -> Paste

Cheers

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Lexiepex

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Jul 7, 2014 1:50 AM in response to Luke Eischen

Internal only when in the "real" internal sata connector. Change place with one of the internal sata connectors.

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Answer 7

Jul 7, 2014 9:07 AM in response to Luke Eischen

I do not understand your concern.

The Mac is perfectly able to boot and run from a drive labeled as External.

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Answer 8

Jul 7, 2014 2:53 PM in response to Luke Eischen

As LexSchellings said, anything not on the built-in internal bus is considered external by the OS.

By the way, don't look at your device using System Information because that will really set your head spinning: 😝

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Lexiepex

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Jul 8, 2014 12:58 AM in response to Grant Bennet-Alder

Hi Grant,

"I do not understand your concern. The Mac is perfectly able to boot and run from a drive labeled as External."

correct, but the smart status is not read! I think it is important to have your main disk smart status read.

Lex

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Answer 10

Jul 8, 2014 3:16 PM in response to Martin Pace

"Medium Type: Rotational."

Seen that before. Since the 960 GB Accelsior uses two SSD blades, are they joined together in a RAID array? The OWC Mercury Electra 3G MAX SSD 960 GB drive is, and it's also considered rotational. Being rotational, it doesn't support TRIM, which is a disadvantage.

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Answer 11

Sep 25, 2017 12:33 AM in response to Eau Rouge

Oh..oops my bad!

But it's the same thing right?

Thanks I will do that!

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