Question M.2. SSD not seed on computer after installation

[trekathlete]

Hello All,

I have an issue with my M2 2TB drive not being seen by my computer. I installed it just like I did for my playstation and expected it to just show up like a USB drives. But that didn't happen. I've also been trying to troubleshoot some ram issues simultaneously because I bought them together but 1 battle at a time.

So I finally was able to enter my BIOS hoping there was an option to enable this drive. But I'm not super familiar with all this and haven't been able to find a solution yet.

Mother Board is Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H ver. 1.1.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

 

[USAFRet]

Hello All,

I have an issue with my M2 2TB drive not being seen by my computer. I installed it just like I did for my playstation and expected it to just show up like a USB drives. But that didn't happen. I've also been trying to troubleshoot some ram issues simultaneously because I bought them together but 1 battle at a time.

So I finally was able to enter my BIOS hoping there was an option to enable this drive. But I'm not super familiar with all this and haven't been able to find a solution yet.

Mother Board is Gigabyte GA-A320M-S2H ver. 1.1.

Any help is much appreciated. Thank you!

Not seen in "Windows"?

Does it appear in Disk Management?
What drive is it?

 

[trekathlete]

It's a CrucialP5 Plus M.2. 2280. I just found it in BIOS and it shows in there....
It shows in Disc management too. It is asking me to initialize it. I am not sure which option to choose. Mostly got this drive for storing games for faster boot speeds I guess. The options are GPT and MBR.

 

[trekathlete]

Is master book record (MBR) the drive that has like the operating system on it and stuff?

 

[trekathlete]

After a quick google search GPT is the way to go... Thank you so much for the help I would have had a really difficult time looking for the disk management!

 

[USAFRet]

It's a CrucialP5 Plus M.2. 2280. I just found it in BIOS and it shows in there....
It shows in Disc management too. It is asking me to initialize it. I am not sure which option to choose. Mostly got this drive for storing games for faster boot speeds I guess. The options are GPT and MBR.

As suspected.

Initialize
New Simple Volume
Format
Give it a drive letter.

 

[trekathlete]

Ok but it still doesn't show in file explorer....

 

[USAFRet]

Ok but it still doesn't show in file explorer....

You got to the end, and gave it a drive letter?

 

[trekathlete]

Got it!!! Thank you so much!

 

[trekathlete]

Want to help me with my RAM issue next? haha

 

[USAFRet]

Want to help me with my RAM issue next? haha

Start a thread for this...😉

 

[trekathlete]

I have it already...

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