SSD only showing up in BIOS and device manager, nowhere else

[Sondr1]

Yesterday i bought a new ssd, a Samsung evo 850 250g. However windows will simply not recognize it. i can see it in device manager and in BIOS, but it doesnt show up in disk manager or anywhere. Also I cant seem to format it because i dont know where to find it.

 

[clutchc]

If it shows up in disk manager, you should be able to initialize it and then format it.

 

[Sondr1]

If it shows up in disk manager, you should be able to initialize it and then format it.

The problem is that is does not show up in disk manager. I can only see my optic drive and my hard drive there. I can see that the ssd is connected in the bios and device manager.

 

[clutchc]

If it shows up in disk manager, you should be able to initialize it and then format it.

The problem is that is does not show up in disk manager. I can only see my optic drive and my hard drive there. I can see that the ssd is connected in the bios and device manager.

You called it Device Manager above. That is why I italicized Disk Manager. In case you were thinking them the same. If it doesn't show up in Disk manager, it may not be formatted or able to be initialized.
Open a command prompt and type diskpart. Then type list disk. See if the SSD shows up.

 

[Sondr1]

If it shows up in disk manager, you should be able to initialize it and then format it.

The problem is that is does not show up in disk manager. I can only see my optic drive and my hard drive there. I can see that the ssd is connected in the bios and device manager.

You called it Device Manager above. That is why I italicized Disk Manager. In case you were thinking them the same. If it doesn't show up in Disk manager, it may not be formatted or able to be initialized.
Open a command prompt and type diskpart. Then type list disk. See if the SSD shows up.

I tried that, only my hard drive showed up.

 

[clutchc]

Then the SSD either isn't working, the data cable isn't working, or there is something I'm missing to suggest you try. Maybe plug it into a different SATA header. Did the Samsung directions require something done first? Do they provide an app to run to prepare the drive?

 

[Sondr1]

Ok I dont know why or how it got there but my i found the ssd under storage spaces in system and security -> storage spaces, and when i removed it from there it showed up in disk manager. So I was able to format it and now it works perfectly

 

[chandlerje]

Ok I dont know why or how it got there but my i found the ssd under storage spaces in system and security -> storage spaces, and when i removed it from there it showed up in disk manager. So I was able to format it and now it works perfectly

this worked for me too!

 

[clutchc]

Win 10, you guys?