Question Computer will not boot after changing SSD ?

[rtmorgan25711]

Dell inspiron 3880 Desktop PC.

I replaced a 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD with a WD SN570 SSD but it does not show up in bios, disk management, or anywhere for that matter. I need access to it because it will not boot computer.

 

[Roland Of Gilead]

Hey there,

Did you clone the drive with OS on it? Maybe a new OS install? If you had windows on both drives, and they were connected when doing the OS install then the bios will not be able to pick up on the new install.

Which drive is the OS on? Are you using both drives?

 

[USAFRet]

Dell inspiron 3880 Desktop PC.

I replaced a 256GB M.2 NVMe SSD with a WD SN570 SSD but it does not show up in bios, disk management, or anywhere for that matter. I need access to it because it will not boot computer.

Unsure what is going on here.

If you can tell it doesn't appear in Disk Management, then the system is up and running. So it did, in fact, "boot".

Or am I missing something?

 

[rtmorgan25711]

Unsure what is going on here.

If you can tell it doesn't appear in Disk Management, then the system is up and running. So it did, in fact, "boot".

Or am I missing something?

I will start over. It does not show up in the bios it has not been recognized by my computer. It is an M.2 drive. The drive has not been cloned with any OS. If I plug a usb drive into computer it shows up in the bios and in storage devices. Bios and firmware have all been updated. Sata is currently set to AHCI and RAID which I thought would allow recognition. The M.2 slot is my boot drive and of course my computer will only boot with the old ssd. The new ssd has not been cloned. This is a Dell 3880