Windows 10: Added mSATA Accessibility

Discus and support Added mSATA Accessibility in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I added a Samsung EVO 860 mSATA 250GB as a second drive in the available mini PCIe slot that was designed for it in my Lenovo x220 laptop with windows... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Roguepoint, Jun 16, 2019.

  1. Added mSATA Accessibility


    I added a Samsung EVO 860 mSATA 250GB as a second drive in the available mini PCIe slot that was designed for it in my Lenovo x220 laptop with windows 10 os.

    It shows up in device manager under disk drives correctly, but does not show up anywhere as a local or available disk.

    Samsung Magician utility also sees it fine but only identifies it as no volumes found. Where as my main drive is identified as C: Local Disk.

    Seems like a drive designation is not associated with this drive and therefore, it is not available for use ?

    What needs to be done for this drive to be available ?

    :)
     
    Roguepoint, Jun 16, 2019
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  2. topgundcp Win User

    Need some advice on an mSATA SSD swap


    @EdTittel, You are welcome.
    Since you did not have the USB interface for mSata. You can make a backup copy of the 500GB to a regular external USB HD then:
    1. Replace the 500GB with the 250GB.
    2. Boot up Macrium rescue disk, select the image to restore and 250GB as destination
    3. Do steps 3-8 above
     
    topgundcp, Jun 16, 2019
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  3. Adding a WiFi Mini mSata to Desktop

    You say "simply" but this is not that simple.

    • mSATA is a disk drive interface. So "mSATA" and "wifi" don't typically or "simply" go together.
    • By a HUGE margin, the VAST majority of laptops do NOT support removable "cards". Especially PCIe cards because laptops typically have thin cases. So finding any card, let alone a PCIe wifi card designed for laptops is not that simple. A PCIe mSATA wifi card is harder still.
    • There are no ATX Form Factor standards for laptops. That means laptops tend to be very proprietary which means very often, add-on parts are very limited, expensive, and often MUST come from the laptop maker. PCs, on the other hand, have the ATX Form Factor standard. This allows PC owners to mix and match industry standard parts designed for the PC from all brands and know they will be compatible.
     
    Bill_Bright, Jun 16, 2019
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  4. amrathil Win User

    Added mSATA Accessibility

    mSATA SSD

    Hi everyone,



    I was wondering if anyone had used a mSATA to 1.8'' adapter, something like this:



    Addonics Product: mSATA SSD 1.8" micro SATA adapter



    , I'm just asking because mSATA SSD's are quite cheaper than 1.8'', and I'd like to buy one of these for my booklet.



    Thanks in advance,

    Regards
     
    amrathil, Jun 16, 2019
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