Hi! I just bought a brand new Samsung 840 EVO 250GB SSD and installed it in an HP Envy 4 1030 (no optical drive) instead of the HDD (which was busted). However, BIOS does not list it and when I try to install Windows 8 from the bootable USB it shows no disk drives. The CD that came with it offers installation .exe and no drivers or option for a fresh install like I am trying to do. What am I doing wrong? Thanks for all the help.
Windows 8 installation doesn't find new SSD
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smorizio
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if it not showing up in the bios lok to see if there a bent pin inside the laptop. check if there and adapters used that there on right. plug the ssd into the desktop see if it seen. if it found on a desktop may be a bios or chipset issue with the laptop.
Thanks smorizio!
I have a little more info:
Since I wanted to have UEFI like before, I'd left the setting (Legacy Support: "Disabled") but apparently this was preventing the SSD from being recognized (happens also with USB bootable disks). So I went back to BIOS settings and changed "Legacy Support" to "Enabled" and this time Windows installation found the SSD (as a single volume). I did not click "New" or "Format" options since I saw that the "Next" button is enabled. So I pressed that and the installation commenced. Soon installation restarted, this time showing a partitioned SSD. I chose the primary partition to install Windows. Installation completed successfully. Windows starts and all but I also get the warning that the onboard RAID cache SSD for rapid boot (which came installed with the pc) is now disabled. When I change Legacy Support back to "Disabled" Windows does not start.. And finally, the SSD still does not show up in BIOS. But I don't know if it's supposed to...
I tried to reinstall Windows (now that the SSD is formatted and partioned) but Windows installation still can't find it if "Legacy Support" is disabled.
So now the question is, how can I have "Legacy Support" Disabled and more importantly, Intel Rapid Storage Technology enabled once more (the 30 GB SSD to be enabled).
Thanks!
I have a little more info:
Since I wanted to have UEFI like before, I'd left the setting (Legacy Support: "Disabled") but apparently this was preventing the SSD from being recognized (happens also with USB bootable disks). So I went back to BIOS settings and changed "Legacy Support" to "Enabled" and this time Windows installation found the SSD (as a single volume). I did not click "New" or "Format" options since I saw that the "Next" button is enabled. So I pressed that and the installation commenced. Soon installation restarted, this time showing a partitioned SSD. I chose the primary partition to install Windows. Installation completed successfully. Windows starts and all but I also get the warning that the onboard RAID cache SSD for rapid boot (which came installed with the pc) is now disabled. When I change Legacy Support back to "Disabled" Windows does not start.. And finally, the SSD still does not show up in BIOS. But I don't know if it's supposed to...
I tried to reinstall Windows (now that the SSD is formatted and partioned) but Windows installation still can't find it if "Legacy Support" is disabled.
So now the question is, how can I have "Legacy Support" Disabled and more importantly, Intel Rapid Storage Technology enabled once more (the 30 GB SSD to be enabled).
Thanks!
hang-the-9
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If you want to disable Legacy Support you need to re-install Windows, and you will probably need to load the Chipset drivers for your motherboard during setup when it states "to load drivers now", you provide those files.
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