Laptop Doesn't recognize M.2 SSD

[AngeNoir0324]

I recently put a 275GB Crutial m.2 ssd into my MSI GE72 2QC Apache, but the laptop won't recognize the Drive. I was going to migrate the OS to the drive to speed up my boot times. I did knowingly purchase the m.2 drive knowing that the MSI page said that the laptop only supported m.2 up to 256gb. Some one on this forum said I would be fine after an update of the firmware, but I also reset the Laptop before any of this (hindsight is 20/20) and don't know what to do.

Any help is really appreciated.

 

[Sam Poland]

Check your BIOS, is boot mode set to UEFI for the drive?

 

[Sam Poland]

Need more details too...

What OS will/did you transfer to the crucial and how? What other steps have you taken?

 

[AngeNoir0324]

Check your BIOS, is boot mode set to UEFI for the drive?

In the "My computer" tab, the drive isn't even shown, but I will try

 

[AngeNoir0324]

Need more details too...

What OS did you transfer to the crucial and how? What other steps have you taken?

I never got to transferring the OS (win 10) because I didn't know what I was doing and simply reset all data on the laptop.

 

[Sam Poland]

Check your BIOS, is boot mode set to UEFI for the drive?

In the "My computer" tab, the drive isn't even shown, but I will try

It could be under 'sata operation'...sorry I don't have a pc that I can reboot atm. And if I did it wouldn't have your BIOS for me to look at and tell you exactly where to go.

 

[Sam Poland]

Need more details too...

What OS did you transfer to the crucial and how? What other steps have you taken?

I never got to transferring the OS (win 10) because I didn't know what I was doing and simply reset all data on the laptop.

You reset all data while the old drive was still in the laptop? That doesn't sound good....

 

[AngeNoir0324]

in the UEFI, my options for boot order are Cd/dvd, USB cd/dvd, hard disk: windows boot manager (p4 hgst hts...), USB hard disk, network.

So it does see the Crucial ssd in the uefi bios, but that's about the only place i can find it, i'll keep looking

 

[AngeNoir0324]

Check your BIOS, is boot mode set to UEFI for the drive?

In the "My computer" tab, the drive isn't even shown, but I will try

It could be under 'sata operation'...sorry I don't have a pc that I can reboot atm. And if I did it wouldn't have your BIOS for me to look at and tell you exactly where to go.

im currently in the bios

 

[captaincharisma]

in the UEFI, my options for boot order are Cd/dvd, USB cd/dvd, hard disk: windows boot manager (p4 hgst hts...), USB hard disk, network.

So it does see the Crucial ssd in the uefi bios, but that's about the only place i can find it, i'll keep looking

if you can see it in BIOS then it might mean it isn't formatted yet. to verify this you will have to get back into your OS. if it is windows then you will need to go into desk management and see if the drive is showing in there

 

[AngeNoir0324]

thank you guys, I did really just need to allocate the drive. Could anyone point me in the direction of a guide on how to migrate an os on a laptop?

 

[captaincharisma]

thank you guys, I did really just need to allocate the drive. Could anyone point me in the direction of a guide on how to migrate an os on a laptop?

the best way would be to image or clone the drive but depending on how old your windows install is it may be a good idea to start fresh. the problem with that may be the image or clone may end up taking up more space then your SSD has. if that was the case then you wouldn't be able to migrate over

 

[AngeNoir0324]

how can i naively move win 10 from the HDD to the ssd? Is there any way, because I dont think I still have the recovery disk

 

[captaincharisma]

how can i naively move win 10 from the HDD to the ssd? Is there any way, because I dont think I still have the recovery disk

you can download the media creation tool from MS website to load windows 10 on a USB stick or DVD. as long as the laptop has the windows licence key stored in the BIOS you shouldn't have any issues since you are just replacing the HDD with a new one