Trouble Installing Windows 7 on Samsung SSD

Vrx8

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I've spent the last 3 days fighting against this laptop and its troubles about the clean install of windows 7. Apparently, the problem is that it doesn't recognize the SSD. In the partition appears "unallocated space" and I have tried to load the ahci driver (chipset qm77 driver) or failing that, put in ata mode on BIOS setup screen.

On the other hand, diskpart does not allow me to clean or create a partition and of course, I tried to use the installation options "new" (It doesn't work) and "format" (this option is disabled).

I changed UEFI to legacy but the same result...

I tried install windows 8 and nothing...

I am running out of ideas.

Sepcs

Dell Latitude E6430
Intel Panther Point QM77, Intel Ivy Bridge
SAMSUNG SSD PM830 FDE 2.5" 7mm 256GB
 
Hello... AHCI and Chipset drivers are not the same thing.
1) As a " simple test" set your BIO's Sata channel to "IDE"
2) save and exit.
3) Boot with your OS Install media.
4) Can you perform a Install now? if not, Error message reported.

Can you link your Driver download page for me and the WIN 7 64/32 OS version, you are trying to install, and I can direct you to the proper ACHI Driver you will need for the WIN 7 OS install.

Windows 8 includes Most it's own ACHI drivers needed for the MB BIO's AHCI Sata mode.
 

Vrx8

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In ata mode, when I press "new", nothing happens and the other options are disabled. The partition continues unallocated. Then I press next and appears "windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error 0x80300024.

The driver AHCI that I used is this one:

http://www.br-automation.com/es-es/descargar/industrial-pcs-and-panels/panel-pc-900/qm77hm76-cpu-board/windows-7/ahci-and-raid-driver-qm77-win7-64-bit/