Adding a M.2 SSD to existing system

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I'm currently running Windows 7 64-bit

I have an Intel SSD 600p Series M.2
How do I add it to my system?
About the hardware installation is fine, but the NVMe Driver is the problem.
 
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You should not have do install anything special. If you are adding the drive instead of replacing your current one you don't need to re-install Windows. You already have the drive, plug it in and see what happens. It won't kill your laptop if it does not work.

You are probably talking about this for nvme support https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2990941/update-to-add-native-driver-support-in-nvm-express-in-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2 you can run this hotfix first if you want.
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What software? If you want to install software on the drive, just change the drive letter when you install it. If you are asking about something else, need to clarify a bit. Do you need help formatting the drive for use? Open disk manager, you will see the drive listed there, create a partition on it and then format the drive and assign a drive letter to it.
 
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What i mean is the driver software. (Sorry if that confuses you guys)
I have read a lot of instructions. All I can see is reinstalling Windows 7 with native NVMe driver support.

Is there anyway to avoid this?
 
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You should not have do install anything special. If you are adding the drive instead of replacing your current one you don't need to re-install Windows. You already have the drive, plug it in and see what happens. It won't kill your laptop if it does not work.

You are probably talking about this for nvme support https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2990941/update-to-add-native-driver-support-in-nvm-express-in-windows-7-and-windows-server-2008-r2 you can run this hotfix first if you want.
 
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ALRIGHTYYYY

I have downloaded and installed the Update. It went smoothly.
All I have to do is to configure and format the SSD in the Virtual Disk Service
It finally worked. Thank you so much

P/s: It's a PC ;)
 
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You said "another M.2" which reads like you already have one in there, which sounds like a laptop systems.. Most systems with an M.2 drive installed are laptops. While many desktop motherboards do have M.2 slots, they are not used by default, most people use the standard SATA drives.
 
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