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dasauto

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I just installed a Samsung SSD. It shows up in BIOS and I installed the Magician software it came with, but Windows doesn't recognize it. In Computer, it does not appear under Hard Disk Drives. Is there some step I missed, or could it be a problem with the SSD?
 
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dasauto

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Yes it appears in disk management, but not My Computer. It said "Not initialized". I formatted it and now it says "Online", however it still does not appear in My Computer.

Edit: It is now working fine
 
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Mp3masta

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How did you get it to work? I am have the same problem


 
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allant

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the answer is the registry needs to be changed to accept ahci as windows 7 doesnt change when u install a new ssd...........i have tried all the solutions offered here and aother sites and none worked..eg firmware update...bios update gigabyte motherboard drives re installed reinstalled windows 7 etc so it goes on................
 
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Sp00kie

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I had the same issue. Even though disk management said it was online, it wasn't. I used Paragon disk manager to bring the drive really online. Everything was fine after that.
 
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