- Jun 1, 2013
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Dell Inspiron 11 3000 Series
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Windows 8.1 Pro
Hi I am having a really rough time even getting this install started up. Here is how I started:
I used Rufus to create a bootable USB and that seems to work fine. I can access the repair options and windows install, however when it asks where I want to install windows I get "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver". In the BIOS diagnosis and in "list disk" in command, it does not recognize any drive. The old install of windows 8.1 on a seagate 500GB HDD does work when I re-tested it (there's only 1 slot so they are never plugged in at same time). This 1st attempt was out-of-the-box w/o formatting of SSD
I tried plugging my SSD into my desktop (Win 7) to make sure it is not dead, and my desktop found it in disk management. I then proceeded to format it as GPT/Fat32 as I read in another toms thread. no change.
Last thing I tried is I used EaseUS Todo Backup to migrate the HDD to the SSD and the migration seemed successful on my desktop. However, there was still no change when I put the SSD back into the laptop.
I saw some other people in other threads messing with the AHCI / ATA / IDE settings with some success. I looked at my bios and it only has option of AHCI and ATA. I don't know if this is normal or if any of that even matters...
This all began when the laptop become infected with malware (this is my parents' computer). I figured I'd help clean it and upgrade their hard-drive at the same time. I'm not sure if the malware might be affecting this, but I used the "Reset Your PC" repair option on the old HDD (before migration) and it I think it runs fine now? Loads much faster, although I think I still need to reinstall drivers (LAN is working but no options for wireless).
Help please? I've installed SSDs on my windows 7 systems for myself and have never had any issues... I thought this would be easy...
Crucial M500 240GB SSD
Windows 8.1 Pro
Hi I am having a really rough time even getting this install started up. Here is how I started:
I used Rufus to create a bootable USB and that seems to work fine. I can access the repair options and windows install, however when it asks where I want to install windows I get "We couldn't find any drives. To get a storage driver, click Load driver". In the BIOS diagnosis and in "list disk" in command, it does not recognize any drive. The old install of windows 8.1 on a seagate 500GB HDD does work when I re-tested it (there's only 1 slot so they are never plugged in at same time). This 1st attempt was out-of-the-box w/o formatting of SSD
I tried plugging my SSD into my desktop (Win 7) to make sure it is not dead, and my desktop found it in disk management. I then proceeded to format it as GPT/Fat32 as I read in another toms thread. no change.
Last thing I tried is I used EaseUS Todo Backup to migrate the HDD to the SSD and the migration seemed successful on my desktop. However, there was still no change when I put the SSD back into the laptop.
I saw some other people in other threads messing with the AHCI / ATA / IDE settings with some success. I looked at my bios and it only has option of AHCI and ATA. I don't know if this is normal or if any of that even matters...
This all began when the laptop become infected with malware (this is my parents' computer). I figured I'd help clean it and upgrade their hard-drive at the same time. I'm not sure if the malware might be affecting this, but I used the "Reset Your PC" repair option on the old HDD (before migration) and it I think it runs fine now? Loads much faster, although I think I still need to reinstall drivers (LAN is working but no options for wireless).
Help please? I've installed SSDs on my windows 7 systems for myself and have never had any issues... I thought this would be easy...
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