SSD Recognition

[phillyfella]

I'm running a 2.8 ghz AMD Phenom II X6; 8 g ram; 64 bit Win 7 Home Prem.; ASUS Pro USB 3 MB; 2 HDD. I'm trying to install/Quick format an OCZ Vertex 4 256g SSD. I've downloaded drivers, re-booted (several times) -- all to no avail. The drive appears in disk mgmt. as "removable media" As such, I obviously can't get to the format function. I've tried booting up with the drive connected to the MB as well as trying to bring it up on USB; the result, above, does not vary. I've gone through WyomingKnott's guide to no avail.

Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.

 

[mad-max79]

Possible to try the ssd on another machine?
Did the drive work at any time? Maybe it DOA.

 

[edogawa]

Is AHCI enabled in BIOS?

Try another SATA port.

Which drivers have you installed? Your motherboard ones?

Might be DOA too.

 

[phillyfella]

UPDATE: First ... thanks all for the quick (and helpful) responses. For info, correct drivers were installed, AHCI set, etc. For umpteenth time, I took installation apart, reassembled, re-started and the drive found life. For anyone else with the same issue, I'm afraid I can't help; I have no idea why it worked this time and not all those before.
Another, more basic issue: I cloned my C (primary) drive to the SSD with the intent of picking up re-boot speed/program access. As there are no jumpers, etc for an SSD, am I safe to simply pull the HDD and use the SSD in its place. Probably sounds stupid but this is my first experience with SSDs.
Again, many thanks.

 

[thrasher32]

I'm guessing that one of the sata connections (power or data cable) was loose. They designed those connectors badly, they just pull right off, I don't know how many times I've been jacking around in my case and accidentally knocked off a SATA cable...