Anyone ever experience this problem with new SSD?

[maklapro]

I bought a 240gb PNY brand SSD for desktops/laptops, to store my games on.

No matter what I try I can't get Windows to fully recognize it. It shows up in BIOS, in device manager, and in windows "manage storage spaces", but not under my computer or disk management, meaning I can not format/initialize it for use.

It is a 6gb/s ssd and mobo, with a 3gb/s sata cable. I have talked to few people who said it should still work as 3gb/s. I am ordering an ASUS 6gb/s cable online at the moment, hopefully it fixes the problem.

I have tried:
Unplugging hdd, booting off of usb drive to install windows on ssd. (doesn't show up in windows installation, only shows hdd and its partitions)
Booting to SSD directly
Disk management
Windows manage storage spaces
third-party disk management tools
CMD diskpart, list disk, does not show up on the list

I am guessing it is the cable, or it is a faulty ssd. Anyone here ever experience this problem?

PC:
Windows 10
ASUS Mobo
1tb HDD
8gb ram
AMD Ryzen 5 1400
AMD RX580 4gb gpu

 

[GhislainG]

You are using a storage pool; did you create a storage space?

 

[maklapro]

You are using a storage pool; did you create a storage space?

I did not. I installed the SSD and that is what showed up. It does not let me assign a letter or do anything to the SSD

https://i.imgur.com/yqE6MsK.png

 

[maklapro]

I am going to try to boot off of a USB with ubuntu, and see if the drive shows up there, and if it does format it. I suspect it's a problem with Windows not recognizing the drive. I read in another thread that this may fix the problem.

Anyone else have another solution?

 

[GhislainG]

If you don't want to use a storage pool, can't you simply remove it from the pool (it's ready to be removed) and use it as a normal drive?

 

[maklapro]

Gives me the message:
Drive can't be removed.
Drive could not be removed because not all data could be reallocated. Add an additional drive to this pool and reattempt the operation.

edit: It does let me delete it, now it's an unallocated drive, should be easy. Simplest thing ever, this entire thread was the product of over thinking things.

Thank you for your help, much appreciated.

 

[GhislainG]

It's better to ask than do something wrong.