BIOS doesn't see my SSD

[Sebs RO]

Hi!
I have a SSD and a Hard Disk installed on my computer, they are both seen by it. The C partition has 120gb and I have two more partitions of the hard disk (D and E).
The problem appears when I enter the BIOS. There, at boot priorities, I can't find the SSD. It seems like it boots the windows from the hard disk, but that's not true. I see just "Hard Disk WD294etc" at the first, second and all of the priorities.
Someone told me that, while installing first time windows on the SSD, the Hard Disk needs to be unplugged. Is that real? Because I didn't do that when I installed the operating system.
There's "UEFI Hard Disk Ubuntu" too at the second priority, which means, by me, is it a residue remained after I finished with Ubuntu?
Should I reinstall the windows, but with the Hard Disk unplugged? Thanks!

 

[jdcranke07]

Hi!
I have a SSD and a Hard Disk installed on my computer, they are both seen by it. The C partition has 120gb and I have two more partitions of the hard disk (D and E).
The problem appears when I enter the BIOS. There, at boot priorities, I can't find the SSD. It seems like it boots the windows from the hard disk, but that's not true. I see just "Hard Disk WD294etc" at the first, second and all of the priorities.
Someone told me that, while installing first time windows on the SSD, the Hard Disk needs to be unplugged. Is that real? Because I didn't do that when I installed the operating system.
There's "UEFI Hard Disk Ubuntu" too at the second priority, which means, by me, is it a residue remained after I finished with Ubuntu?
Should I reinstall the windows, but with the Hard Disk unplugged? Thanks!

You don't have to have the HDD unplugged when you install Windows. Windows will auto-detect what partitions/drives are available during installation and give you the option to select which one you want as the boot drive.

If your BIOS doesn't see or recognize you have an SSD plugged in, then make sure that you have a compatible SSD with that motherboard and an up-to-date BIOS on the mobo. Make sure the SSD is wiped clean before installation. If you are worried about it, unplug the HDD to see if the SSD will show up, if the SSD still does not appear.

 

[Sebs RO]

Hi!
I have a SSD and a Hard Disk installed on my computer, they are both seen by it. The C partition has 120gb and I have two more partitions of the hard disk (D and E).
The problem appears when I enter the BIOS. There, at boot priorities, I can't find the SSD. It seems like it boots the windows from the hard disk, but that's not true. I see just "Hard Disk WD294etc" at the first, second and all of the priorities.
Someone told me that, while installing first time windows on the SSD, the Hard Disk needs to be unplugged. Is that real? Because I didn't do that when I installed the operating system.
There's "UEFI Hard Disk Ubuntu" too at the second priority, which means, by me, is it a residue remained after I finished with Ubuntu?
Should I reinstall the windows, but with the Hard Disk unplugged? Thanks!

You don't have to have the HDD unplugged when you install Windows. Windows will auto-detect what partitions/drives are available during installation and give you the option to select which one you want as the boot drive.

If your BIOS doesn't see or recognize you have an SSD plugged in, then make sure that you have a compatible SSD with that motherboard and an up-to-date BIOS on the mobo. Make sure the SSD is wiped clean before installation. If you are worried about it, unplug the HDD to see if the SSD will show up, if the SSD still does not appear.

I have a 120GB Intel 540s SSD on a MSI h110m pro-d. I'm so confused, because Windows 10 is able to see it and it has no error.

How should I update my motherboard? I'm a newbie, I don't know too much about those operations.

 

[jdcranke07]

Hi!
I have a SSD and a Hard Disk installed on my computer, they are both seen by it. The C partition has 120gb and I have two more partitions of the hard disk (D and E).
The problem appears when I enter the BIOS. There, at boot priorities, I can't find the SSD. It seems like it boots the windows from the hard disk, but that's not true. I see just "Hard Disk WD294etc" at the first, second and all of the priorities.
Someone told me that, while installing first time windows on the SSD, the Hard Disk needs to be unplugged. Is that real? Because I didn't do that when I installed the operating system.
There's "UEFI Hard Disk Ubuntu" too at the second priority, which means, by me, is it a residue remained after I finished with Ubuntu?
Should I reinstall the windows, but with the Hard Disk unplugged? Thanks!

You don't have to have the HDD unplugged when you install Windows. Windows will auto-detect what partitions/drives are available during installation and give you the option to select which one you want as the boot drive.

If your BIOS doesn't see or recognize you have an SSD plugged in, then make sure that you have a compatible SSD with that motherboard and an up-to-date BIOS on the mobo. Make sure the SSD is wiped clean before installation. If you are worried about it, unplug the HDD to see if the SSD will show up, if the SSD still does not appear.

I have a 120GB Intel 540s SSD on a MSI h110m pro-d. I'm so confused, because Windows 10 is able to see it and it has no error.

How should I update my motherboard? I'm a newbie, I don't know too much about those operations.

There are a couple of places to get this info. First read your motherboard's manual. It should have specific instructions on how to navigate your BIOS to do a Live Update for the BIOS. This will allow your computer to download newer BIOS updates automatically and install them with some prompting.

If you don't have or can't find the motherboard's manual, then here is a link to MSI's webpage for what should be in the manual. https://us.msi.com/page/Live-Update-6-Manual

Here is the MSI webpage to find your BIOS update. You can download it manually here: https://us.msi.com/service/download

If that doesn't explain it well enough and/or you need help installing manually, then read this guy's explanation. Hopefully, it's easily understood even though his punctuation is a bit off.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQFgg_MAY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Fanswers%2Fid-1772549%2Fupdate-msi-bios.html&usg=AFQjCNHn-51vq1t8AriXTLRqtZWySioS5w&sig2=Lx0eBjKQtXOLvs4Cu_tg0A

I'll link some Youtube vids that I found. Hopefully this helps.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQtwIIJzAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtIdj0i7AxCI&usg=AFQjCNElNo5iNu6KtpwScAvlRHpIFerD5Q&sig2=0AGjhe1CNLfch-UXNkJjkg

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQtwIIMzAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DElk-fq4d2OQ&usg=AFQjCNGk0pUDuc7KeN50Fhf7YRF9DFYRlA&sig2=khjpBRo2Nc4Mr34CX0y13w

If you end up getting everything installed correctly and the BIOS still does not see your drive, then your drive probably isn't on the compatibility list for this particular motherboard (mobo) or you just need to install the drives drivers. I don't foresee this to be the issue, but it's possible. If need be and if you have it readily available, I would try Windows 7 or 8.1 to see if you end up with better results. There have been lots of issues with Windows 10 and even though I don't think it is responsible for this incident, it could be somehow. Keep in mind that companies have barely been advertising what of their components can actually handle Windows 10 as not all products can.

 

[Sebs RO]

Hi!
I have a SSD and a Hard Disk installed on my computer, they are both seen by it. The C partition has 120gb and I have two more partitions of the hard disk (D and E).
The problem appears when I enter the BIOS. There, at boot priorities, I can't find the SSD. It seems like it boots the windows from the hard disk, but that's not true. I see just "Hard Disk WD294etc" at the first, second and all of the priorities.
Someone told me that, while installing first time windows on the SSD, the Hard Disk needs to be unplugged. Is that real? Because I didn't do that when I installed the operating system.
There's "UEFI Hard Disk Ubuntu" too at the second priority, which means, by me, is it a residue remained after I finished with Ubuntu?
Should I reinstall the windows, but with the Hard Disk unplugged? Thanks!

You don't have to have the HDD unplugged when you install Windows. Windows will auto-detect what partitions/drives are available during installation and give you the option to select which one you want as the boot drive.

If your BIOS doesn't see or recognize you have an SSD plugged in, then make sure that you have a compatible SSD with that motherboard and an up-to-date BIOS on the mobo. Make sure the SSD is wiped clean before installation. If you are worried about it, unplug the HDD to see if the SSD will show up, if the SSD still does not appear.

I have a 120GB Intel 540s SSD on a MSI h110m pro-d. I'm so confused, because Windows 10 is able to see it and it has no error.

How should I update my motherboard? I'm a newbie, I don't know too much about those operations.

There are a couple of places to get this info. First read your motherboard's manual. It should have specific instructions on how to navigate your BIOS to do a Live Update for the BIOS. This will allow your computer to download newer BIOS updates automatically and install them with some prompting.

If you don't have or can't find the motherboard's manual, then here is a link to MSI's webpage for what should be in the manual. https://us.msi.com/page/Live-Update-6-Manual

Here is the MSI webpage to find your BIOS update. You can download it manually here: https://us.msi.com/service/download

If that doesn't explain it well enough and/or you need help installing manually, then read this guy's explanation. Hopefully, it's easily understood even though his punctuation is a bit off.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQFgg_MAY&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.tomshardware.com%2Fanswers%2Fid-1772549%2Fupdate-msi-bios.html&usg=AFQjCNHn-51vq1t8AriXTLRqtZWySioS5w&sig2=Lx0eBjKQtXOLvs4Cu_tg0A

I'll link some Youtube vids that I found. Hopefully this helps.

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=3&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQtwIIJzAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DtIdj0i7AxCI&usg=AFQjCNElNo5iNu6KtpwScAvlRHpIFerD5Q&sig2=0AGjhe1CNLfch-UXNkJjkg

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjGiK719K_PAhWKdSYKHaimCvUQtwIIMzAE&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DElk-fq4d2OQ&usg=AFQjCNGk0pUDuc7KeN50Fhf7YRF9DFYRlA&sig2=khjpBRo2Nc4Mr34CX0y13w

If you end up getting everything installed correctly and the BIOS still does not see your drive, then your drive probably isn't on the compatibility list for this particular motherboard (mobo) or you just need to install the drives drivers. I don't foresee this to be the issue, but it's possible. If need be and if you have it readily available, I would try Windows 7 or 8.1 to see if you end up with better results. There have been lots of issues with Windows 10 and even though I don't think it is responsible for this incident, it could be somehow. Keep in mind that companies have barely been advertising what of their components can actually handle Windows 10 as not all products can.

It worked!!!! Now it shows my SSD at the boot priorities.
I had to update it. Thank you guys for help!