Windows 10: "Location is not available" using M.2 Driver. Drive not working at all.

Hello!I built my computer about 2 years ago, it has 2 x M.2 Drive in it, and both of them have worked fine for those 2 years.I recently went on holiday, and when I came back my "GIGABYTE GP-GSM2NE3100TNTD" drive, just does not work. When I try to use any of the files from it I get the "Location is not available" message, along with "A device which does not exist was specified".On startup, and BIOS I can see it, sometimes it disappears but recently it has not been disappearing I just can't use it. I also can't move files to that drive.Here is a picture of my device manager, showing that I have

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M.2 SSD not being able to boot from it, windows doesn't recognise.

Ok, this is what happened after all the comments and suggestions, @dude: Thanx for the video, my mb had non e of those settings, it had the raid/option memory gene or achi. Can only choose one or the other. @Saltgrass, my settings did point out auto and enabled the pcie x4, gen 3. I did an bios flash as suggested, because my bios was not the latest version, after a reformat the m.2 was picked up, still cant install OS onto it as it states legacy not found, removed my dvd rom from the sata port to another, and the drive was found and installed. Only issue now is that it's still not my OS drive but it at least now works and is installed, but on the Intel rst drive the obtain memory gene option to enable is greyed out, and shows as disabled. However the program lists the M.2 and it is working 100%,. I installed overwhatch onto it, it performs perfectly. But will update the intel driver tonight and see if that makes any difference. Seems the bios flash enabled the settings listed by @dude that was not present pre-flash.

So the m.2 drive works. I can game off it and install omnto it. Can not install windows on it, gene memmory is enabled, pcie x4 is on and on auto detect, Motherbaord lists all the drives connected, motherboard ahs been updated to latest bios. After flash new settings became available, m.2 is now on memmory gene enabled not achi, windows os is enabled and fast boost is enabled, intel rst is installed and lists all the ssds and the m.2, however the m.2 on memmory gene is dissabled and the option to enable is greyed out. Will update the driver as Essenbe suggested of the m.2 and see if anything changes. Thank you all for the help, I can now atleast use my m.2

 

"Location is not available" (DVD RW Drive won't work?)

Hi,

The error messages that you are getting when opening a disk can be caused by a hardware issue already. To isolate your concern, let us ask a few questions:

• Is your Windows 10 up-to-date?
• What are the troubleshooting steps that you've tried so far?

Meanwhile, we suggest uninstalling and reinstalling your DVD driver. To do so, follow the steps below:

• Right-click Start, click Device Manager.
  
• Double-click on your driver, then select Properties.
• Go to Driver tab, then click Uninstall.

We look forward to your response.

Regards.

 

Adapter for M.2 Drive

The adapter "steve108" listed is of the correct type.

You need one that supports a SATA M.2 drive, and the B+M slots. M.2 - Wikipedia