Windows 10: SSD is not recognised by Win10 (or BIOS) every now and then.

Hey guys,

I have just had a WD SSD put into my laptop. It is not the M2 drive, but a secondary SSD. Every now and then ....it is not recognised. It is not even in Disk Management.

I have changed the SATA mode selection to ACHI and reinstalled Win10. I thought that the problem originally was that the SATa mode selection was set to Intel RST Premium, but after a restart I am having the same issue....the SSD has just disappeared. I have installed WD Dasboard to check for errors in the SSD, but it shows that everything is okay. I thought it was a connector issue or something, but it doesnt happen randomly while the SSD is in use. It normally happens after a restart.

This SSD was originally used as an external HD and I had to disconnec/connect it sometimes, because Win10 just didnt recognise it. Could this be some short of Win10 issue that it doesnt always recognise SSDs? Has anyone had the same issue and found a solution?

Thank you.






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Windows 10 SSD Boot and Sleep faliure

Windows cannot stop the BIOS recognising the SSD. If at any time you can go into the BIOS and the SSD is not listed then you have an (intermittent) hardware fault. It does not matter what the precursor steps are if the hardware was OK it must be listed

Step 6 is categorical, you have a hardware fault. BIOS device recognition is always before drivers load so they cannot affect the process

 

Win10 clean install on Samsung SSD 850 EVO

BLUF: SSD is not listed ubder "Where do you want to install Windows?"

Steps Complete:

1. I've create a Win10 bootable install usb.

2. I connect the new Samsung SSD 850 EVO via SATA.

3. I reboot PC and verify SSD is seen by the motherboard/BIOS

4. Begin Win10 install via usb.

5. Get to "Where do you want to install Windows?" and the SSD is not listed

Problems:

1. Samsung does not offer a driver for the 850 on their website

2. Cannot locate driver elsewhere

Unsuccessful Mitigations Steps Attempt:

A. Format & partition SSD via Windows Disk Management, then retried steps 1-5 above....same result

B. Clone existing HHD onto SSD via "Image for Windows" by TeraByte, then verified SSD contents via Windows Explorer....similar result

Can you please offer some advice on locating a driver for a Samsung SSD 850 EVO 1TB drive? Or an alternative method?

Thank you

 

ssd not recognised


After update to Windows 10 Anniversary Update I now am getting same problem.

SSD's not recognised. I tried running "winsat formal" from an elevated (admin) command as suggested by Word Man and done previously when I got this problem with no success.

Any suggestions?