Question M.2 Not recognized by windows

[Macovitch]

M.2 got corrupted awile ago, reinstalled windows on another SSD. BIOS can recognize m.2, windows computer management cannot. All I want is to wipe the m.2.

 

[Lafong]

Have you tried Diskpart?

 

[Macovitch]

Have you tried Diskpart?

Nope, lemme read up real quick, any quick tips 101?

 

[Lafong]

It's available from the command line assuming you can boot into Windows at all.

A "list disk" command should show you which disks it can see.

 

[Macovitch]

It's available from the command line assuming you can boot into Windows at all.

A "list disk" command should show you which disks it can see.

Disk is not listed there, I went back to Bios and it recognizes the m.2 as a bootable device, but it still says “N/A” where all the sata drives are listed. I looked for a place to reenable m.2 but can’t find any. I’m gunna default bios then most likely update it

 

[ko888]

What's the brand and model of the motherboard and SSD and the Operating System version?

 

[dwd999]

M.2 got corrupted awile ago, reinstalled windows on another SSD. BIOS can recognize m.2, windows computer management cannot. All I want is to wipe the m.2.

Windows can't do everything, you have to think outside the box. Download a disk partitioning app like Gparted and use it to remove all of the previous partitions. Check to make sure the m.2 has the necessary GPT partition initializer and then you can reinstall windows or do whatever you want with it.

 

[Macovitch]

What's the brand and model of the motherboard and SSD and the Operating System version?

Motherboard is Prime B450M-a
OS win 10
I forget the SSD

I talked to one of my instructors who said to cmos jump bios, if that doesn’t work then boot a Linux distro and see if that recognizes it

Download a disk partitioning app like Gparted and use it to remove all of the previous partitions. Check to make sure the m.2 has the necessary GPT partition initializer and then you can reinstall windows or do whatever you want with i

I’ll take all my other storage devices out and try this, thanks for the tip

 

[USAFRet]

M.2 got corrupted awile ago, reinstalled windows on another SSD. BIOS can recognize m.2, windows computer management cannot. All I want is to wipe the m.2.

What is your overall goal?

Wipe and continue to use?
Wipe and warranty replacement?
Wipe and toss?

 

[Macovitch]

What is your overall goal?

Wipe and continue to use?
Wipe and warranty replacement?
Wipe and toss?

just wipe and use again

 

[USAFRet]

just wipe and use again

Does it appear in Disk Management?

Specific make/model of the drive and motherboard, please.