Hi all.
I recently bought into a new SSD to do a clean install with and bought two 128GB Samsung 850 Pros from work. They were previously in a server working each as a different virtual machine. I put one at a time into my computer:
ASRock Extreme 6 a/c Z97
Intel 4670k
XFX 750W PS
and a few HDD's already functioning
I can't seem to find either in Disk Management to format it. Here is what I know.
The SSD is seen in BIOS and is set to AHCI
The SSD shows up in Device Manager, when I double click the drive it gives me timestamps under the Events tab, saying Device not migrated, Device configured, Device started. Upon reopening it says "Device is working properly". No volumes show up, and my drivers are up to date.
The SSD does NOT show up in Disk Manager, so I cannot format it.
I tried to create a USB boot disk to do a clean install onto the SSD and it will not show up. If I hit Shift + F10 and enter command prompt during the Windows installation Setup, I can select the SSD and clean it, do whatever to it, but when I try to do the install, it is not an option.
I have downloaded the Samsung Magician software and the SSD will show up there. It tells me that all 119GB of the usable space on the drive are unallocated. It also tells me that AHCI Mode is Deactivated (IDE or RAID only). I have no options to convert back to AHCI in BIOS beyond what I have done. No volumes found.
I have changed and tested the cables on different drives. I have also tried two different SDD's, both 850 Pro series from a functioning server.
Please help. I am as far as I can get on my own.
Thanks.
Darren
I recently bought into a new SSD to do a clean install with and bought two 128GB Samsung 850 Pros from work. They were previously in a server working each as a different virtual machine. I put one at a time into my computer:
ASRock Extreme 6 a/c Z97
Intel 4670k
XFX 750W PS
and a few HDD's already functioning
I can't seem to find either in Disk Management to format it. Here is what I know.
The SSD is seen in BIOS and is set to AHCI
The SSD shows up in Device Manager, when I double click the drive it gives me timestamps under the Events tab, saying Device not migrated, Device configured, Device started. Upon reopening it says "Device is working properly". No volumes show up, and my drivers are up to date.
The SSD does NOT show up in Disk Manager, so I cannot format it.
I tried to create a USB boot disk to do a clean install onto the SSD and it will not show up. If I hit Shift + F10 and enter command prompt during the Windows installation Setup, I can select the SSD and clean it, do whatever to it, but when I try to do the install, it is not an option.
I have downloaded the Samsung Magician software and the SSD will show up there. It tells me that all 119GB of the usable space on the drive are unallocated. It also tells me that AHCI Mode is Deactivated (IDE or RAID only). I have no options to convert back to AHCI in BIOS beyond what I have done. No volumes found.
I have changed and tested the cables on different drives. I have also tried two different SDD's, both 850 Pro series from a functioning server.
Please help. I am as far as I can get on my own.
Thanks.
Darren
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