[SOLVED] Inspiron 3670 new m.2 ssd Dispare :-(

[ezzo4444]

Hi all again. I have a Dell desktop. I bought a new SSD with more storage and fitted it in. It is a M.2 SSD NVME 256 gb. I put in my Windows 10 USB but it could not find the SSD drive (it does find the HDD though). When I went into bios it showed that the new SSD drive was there and so I know it is fitted correctly. I also have a 1TB HDD and I have been using that to work with (slooooow) because I simply am unable to install Windows onto the new SSD as the computer simply cannot find the drive when installing Windows 10. The motherboard is an Inspiron 3670

Thank you all 🙂

 

[Ralston18]

What is/was the original drive?

Dell's website has a number of posts about M.2

For example:

https://www.dell.com/community/Insp...are-any-M-2-NVME-SSD-s-compatible/m-p/6133701

https://www.dell.com/community/Insp...3670-Add-SSD-already-with-Optane/td-p/7196338

Check the following link from within this Forum:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/inspiron-3670-m-2-nvme-ssd-bios-doesnt-recognize-it.3471041/

First determine what the original configuration was and then take a detailed look at the desired configuration.

Verify that the desired configuration is supported and then focus on the installation process.

 

[ezzo4444]

What is/was the original drive?

Dell's website has a number of posts about M.2

For example:

https://www.dell.com/community/Insp...are-any-M-2-NVME-SSD-s-compatible/m-p/6133701

https://www.dell.com/community/Insp...3670-Add-SSD-already-with-Optane/td-p/7196338

Check the following link from within this Forum:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/inspiron-3670-m-2-nvme-ssd-bios-doesnt-recognize-it.3471041/

First determine what the original configuration was and then take a detailed look at the desired configuration.

Verify that the desired configuration is supported and then focus on the installation process.

Thanks for the reply. The Bios recognizes that there is a m.2 drive as it shows up the in drives list in the bios. This is not a second drive that im installing, I simply removed the old one and put this new one in its place. The Drive is C: I looked at the posts you sent (thankyou) but they dont help at all

Thank s
Ezzo

 

[Ralston18]

What was the old drive - make, model, etc.

What make and model, etc. is the new drive?

Regarding the installation of Windows:

https://forums.tomshardware.com/faq/how-to-do-a-clean-installation-of-windows-10.3170366/