Just installed msata hard drive and fresh windows 7 install; laptop does not recognize sata hard drive

billlyj0

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I just installed a new msata ssd hard drive in my lenovo t420s, and performed a clean install of windows 7, but the laptop does not recognize the original standard sata hard drive. Windows disk management does not show the original hard drive.

Do I need to update the BIOS? What setting do I change?

Thanks!
 
Solution
This may fix your issue. Your mb may be missing the chipset drivers needed to turn on the Sata ports. If it a intel chipset laptop download the intel chipset update. Run it ten reboot and see if the hard drive pops up.

billlyj0

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Checked to see that the SATA port was set to ACHI. The SATA is recognized on the boot order, but does not show up in Windows.

Thanks.