Need Help Installing Win 7 on Samsung 960 Pro M.2

[faadi80]

Guys I need some serious help.

I recently built a computer. Everything went well, PC was running fine until I noticed that it’s a bit slow to process video sotwares so I upgraded the existing SSD which is Sandisk Ultra II 960GB and replaced it with Samsung 960 Pro Series 512GB PCIe NVMe – M.2 Internal SSD.

I disconnected all the hard drives and connceted only the Samsung pro on the motherboard. Went into the Bios and I see the Samsung Pro Hard Drive there.

Next Step; I tried installing Windows 7 from a USB 2.0 stick. First couple of steps went fine until where you select the drive and hit next to continue with the install, I don’t see any drives. The Samsung Pro drive is not there. I spent 5hrs trying to figure out to solve this problem but nothing.

Can anyone help me please or know what I am talking about.

I tried 3 different USB 2.0 Sticks with different Win7 ISO’s but nothing including UEFI USB.

Also:
When I built my computer, I Just created a regular bootable USB and it installed fine but when I tried that same USB again to re-install windows 7, the drive didn’t show up.

I made another bootable UEFI USB by following the steps in the video below but didn’t work. https://youtu.be/7IxUprqB2PM (Video 1)

Found another video: https://youtu.be/EQj0yM1Vnbk (Video 2) but that didn’t work either

Later, I combined the method from both the videos (Video 1 & Video2) above but that didn’t work also. The way I did it, I followed the instructions video 1 on how to create a USB and then from video 2, I created the nvme driver but nothing.

There has to be a way to fix this. I may be doing something wrong but can’t figure it out anymore…. So please help.

I am attaching some screenshots so my question can make more sense.
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[Scottray]

I'm pretty sure that the Win 7 install does not support installation to an NVMe drive. In other words, the NVMe drivers are not native to Win 7. Here's a link I found that may help: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-install-windows-7-on-a-pci-express-nvme-ssd/

 

[faadi80]

I'm pretty sure that the Win 7 install does not support installation to an NVMe drive. In other words, the NVMe drivers are not native to Win 7. Here's a link I found that may help: http://winaero.com/blog/how-to-install-windows-7-on-a-pci-express-nvme-ssd/

Thank you @Scottray for the response. I really appreciate it. I will try it tonight and will post the result.

I kinda didn't understand the last part. After un-mounting it, will it create a bootable usb automatically or I will have to create that? If I will have to create one then how?

 

[Scottray]

I actually haven't used the process. However, I knew that Win 7 and the NMVe protocol don't always play nice together. The link I provided was just a quick search for a solution. You may want to do some additional research on how to install Win 7 to an NMVe driver, know that you know why your attempt at install wasn't working.

 

[faadi80]

@Scottray; Thank you very much. At least I know what to search for and will post the result later tonight.