Cannot Get 2nd Samsung 840 Pro To Work

monsterhys

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Dec 24, 2013
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ok so i have 1 128gb samsung 840 pro running windows and a few games.

i just bought another but i cant get it to work.

i plugged it in, started up the computer, and went to my computer - then manage.

in disk management there was a 128gb drive with unallocated space.

i created the drive to mount to letter D and it wanted to do a quick format.

the format failed. and now the drive completely disappeared from everywhere.

it doesnt show up in bios, device manager, my computer, or disk management.

i returned the hard drive and just received another one.

happened to this one too!

computer specs :
i5 4670K Processor
MSI N780 Lightning GFX Card
ASRock Extreme 4 Z87 Motherboard
2x 4gb 1866mhz Memory
1x 128gb Samsung 840 Pro SSD (Trying to install a 2nd one)
Corsair 500R Case
Corsair HX750 Power Supply
Corsair Seidon 120M Liquid CPU Cooler
no optical drive

can you guys please please help me, thank you! Merry Christmas
 
Solution
First, install the drive in your computer: connect data and power cables. Next, run Samsung "Magician" software and perform a "Secure Erase" on the new SSD. This will return the drive to "fresh-out-of-the-box" status.

Next, go to Windows Disk Management and right click on the new drive: select "New Simple Volume". This wizard should walk you through the steps to create a new Simple Volume on the SSD. Suggestion: leave at least 10% of the new SSD's capacity as "Un-allocated" for the purpose of over-provisioning. You don't want to completely fill an SSD as this will cripple performance.

Good luck!

Yogi
First, install the drive in your computer: connect data and power cables. Next, run Samsung "Magician" software and perform a "Secure Erase" on the new SSD. This will return the drive to "fresh-out-of-the-box" status.

Next, go to Windows Disk Management and right click on the new drive: select "New Simple Volume". This wizard should walk you through the steps to create a new Simple Volume on the SSD. Suggestion: leave at least 10% of the new SSD's capacity as "Un-allocated" for the purpose of over-provisioning. You don't want to completely fill an SSD as this will cripple performance.

Good luck!

Yogi
 
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