- Mar 24, 2016
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Please help! SSD disappeared from BIOS after many reboots and attempts to install Windows 7.
First build newbie having a panic attack here. I put my parts together yesterday no problems (apparently) and proceeded to try to install Win7 from a USB flash drive a friend gave me. Well, I was literally having a different problem on every single boot.
First the installation was hanging on a different percentage of "getting files ready for installation" every time. Trying different USB ports made no difference, but eventually it did seem to install.
Each time I retried I deleted the partitions again so as to install on the fresh SSD. I did not realise there was a difference between deleting and formatting as once I had deleted the partitions and the space was unallocated, the option to format was greyed out.
Since I only have USB3 ports, I couldn't use my keyboard and mouse. A bit of googling later and I downgraded them to PS2 in the BIOS.
Now they worked, but it still took a couple of boots to get past naming the account and PC.
I got through to the desktop twice, but it stopped responding less than a minute in both times.
I figured it must be a corrupted installation of Windows so I tried to start again from scratch. Rebooted from the Win7 flash drive to find... nowhere to install the OS! The SSD is missing in the BIOS as well. I've tried rejigging the Sata data and power cables to no effect. The SSD has virtually vanished. It's brand new, Kingston, and cost £90, so this is terrifying for a (broke) newbie builder. Please tell me I haven't wrecked it. I read SSDs are prone to just dying like this, and that would really mess me up.
I wanted to play Dark Souls 3 today! :c
SOS please pretty please!
Build is here for ref: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ZippyLemon/saved/
- just substitute the Samsung SSD for the Kingston V300 480gb
First build newbie having a panic attack here. I put my parts together yesterday no problems (apparently) and proceeded to try to install Win7 from a USB flash drive a friend gave me. Well, I was literally having a different problem on every single boot.
First the installation was hanging on a different percentage of "getting files ready for installation" every time. Trying different USB ports made no difference, but eventually it did seem to install.
Each time I retried I deleted the partitions again so as to install on the fresh SSD. I did not realise there was a difference between deleting and formatting as once I had deleted the partitions and the space was unallocated, the option to format was greyed out.
Since I only have USB3 ports, I couldn't use my keyboard and mouse. A bit of googling later and I downgraded them to PS2 in the BIOS.
Now they worked, but it still took a couple of boots to get past naming the account and PC.
I got through to the desktop twice, but it stopped responding less than a minute in both times.
I figured it must be a corrupted installation of Windows so I tried to start again from scratch. Rebooted from the Win7 flash drive to find... nowhere to install the OS! The SSD is missing in the BIOS as well. I've tried rejigging the Sata data and power cables to no effect. The SSD has virtually vanished. It's brand new, Kingston, and cost £90, so this is terrifying for a (broke) newbie builder. Please tell me I haven't wrecked it. I read SSDs are prone to just dying like this, and that would really mess me up.
I wanted to play Dark Souls 3 today! :c
SOS please pretty please!
Build is here for ref: http://uk.pcpartpicker.com/user/ZippyLemon/saved/
- just substitute the Samsung SSD for the Kingston V300 480gb
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