PC wont boot and wont detect SSD.

I think so but i don't have any idea what to do next. I have to work, even though i'm on my annual leave. So I'm pretty much screwed now Please could any of you guys help me out here. thanks in advance

D.

Hi guys!!

Thank you for your help!! my issue got fixed by it it self i guess :0.

After tackling with this problem long time. I kind a decided to give up and, ( in that moment I was actually saying to my PC , and praying " I didn't do anything but change the boot order please so don't so this to me " LOL)

And just rest the bios for default, make sure secure boot is disabled,(by default) and restart the PC!!

Boom it booted in like 2 sec, I was like so surprised, any how I tried everything, read all the articles, I didn't know what was UEFI, or GPT, or secure boot etc, cause this was first time in 8 years I'm doing all by myself, so I learned a lot form this experience, some times I haven't slept for like 48 hrs straight, more than than that actually, And now i'm looking at some articles and tutorials about 4K alignment of a SSD and how to increase it life span,

So all and all my conclusion is as always in every dilemma we face, never give up just give everything that you got, even if your problem is not solved by then, which means you missed smthing, do it again. But there is a point we have to get on with our life and you know go back to our day today work, but if your PC is part of your work then you have to get it fixed some how but my point is just give all you got for any problem you face, and I can guarantee, 99.9% times you would get your reward. that 0.1 is kind a undefined or luck or smthing .

So yeah in this case, I've done, all of the mentioned things above on my post, strong advice is, if you happen to face this kind a problem with your SSD, don't worry, 99.9% times its NOT your SSD, ( I mean it's not dead or malfunction ) It's do with your BIOS and the way your system identifies the changes you've made, so first thing first

1) Rest your bios, do it properly, first do it with your system BIOS/UEFI, and make sure tho save and exit. Its not like hit F10 and type "Y" and enter, like good old days, you have to read whats in front of your scrn. If it dint work, clear CMOS, Jumper thing we used to back in the days, or short your reset BIOS jumper pins with a screw drive or smthing. take out the battery for like 10 mins and put it back. I'm pretty sure in this moment your SSD will show up before going in to BIOS screen. BUT remember, all of the times its not resetting your BIOS smtimes it wont work as we expect. so beware!

2) When you install windows make sure your SSD is the only drive is plugged in to mobo, ( thats one of the mistakes I've done) and follow the instruction on this thread. http://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/1950-windows-10-clea...

3) Also read these,

http://www.sevenforums.com/installation-setup/305049-ss...
http://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/disappearing-...
https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/35ihsf/ca...
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/533596/ssd-iss...

4) keep trying rebooting. even if it takes 100 times, with out HHD's of course,

5)Make sure SSD is pluged into SATA port 0 or 1

6) Try your SSD with another PC, try it with a Mac or Ubuntu. If it's not recognize at this point lot's of ppl would say " you should take it to place you brought it and try to get a replacement". but just hold on for a bit and repeat all the all of the things that you've done one more time. As I said in the beginning, 99.9% times it's not your SSD.

I'm sure after all this you'd be able to fix your problem, one last thing, even if it's not working at this point just leave your PC for one day and start it again after one day or so, with default settings of your mobo, and boot fro your UEFI bootable usb stick or DVD, and once it comes to windows installation window just hit Shift+F10 and follow the steps bellow,

At first installer screen Press Shift + F10, or enter System Recovery Options to open a Command Box, type:
Note:- ( keep in mind when you do this sometimes it will take long time but dont quit just let these cmds execute)
DISKPART
LIST DISK( will take long time sometimes)
SELECT DISK 0 (after confirming Windows 10 target HD #, same here will take some long time)
CLEAN( in my case went so fast although it didn't do anything( cause it didn't erase anything my ssd for some reason im glad it didn't)
CREATE PARTITION PRIMARY (took long time in my case and prompt a error msg. in this point i actually thought it was over, but it didn't )
FORMAT FS=NTFS LABEL="WINDOWS 10"
ACTIVE
EXIT
EXIT

And install win 10.

I simply had to quit the set up two times or so. suddenly in a one boot it worked. it didn't erase anything. luckily for me I guess

And finally be optimistic even though you feel it's all over. cause It's never all over until you do everything you can

Hopefully this might help anyone having this problem, And please participate on these kind a forms and try to help ppl any way you can. cause one of your experience or advice might help at least one person who's facing the same issue.

we always come to these forms and lots of other's but after our problem is fixed normally we are lazy to at least say "it worked and thanks" I've done that and I feel so guilty of not doing that. But now I've decided to give at lest one day just 10 mins of my time to help other ppl having some trouble with PC's or anything rather it just 10 mins man! it could give someones a smile and relief !!

Lastly it will make you happy and trust me, you find lots of help when you need next time, cause what goes around comes around eh ? this is not the last time we all get in to some trouble so .......

Thank you for all the good ppl who helps me!!!

Cheers!!

Dayantha.