New SSD not showing in Disk Management on new laptop

[liao840305]

I just got a new computer Acer Aspire E15. Also bought a new Crucial MX300 SSD to install in the optical bay (the dvd slot). I put it in with the caddy already.
Here is the trouble, (been searching online for a while) I can see my ssd if i go to computer Management > Device Manager > disk drives. But I can't see my ssd in disk management, so i can't format it and further set it to primary disk. (I don't see it in bios either, so i can't sort the booting disk order.)

My end goal is to make the ssd as the primary booting disk and have the hdd be the second drive for storage.

Thank for the help in advance

 

[Slow Pri]

I think the best route is if you don't have any useful data on the current drive is to format, and reinstall your OS on the SSD and than use the HDD as the secondary.

 

[liao840305]

How do I format and reinstall my OS on the SSD? (I'm sorry I've never done that before..)

 

[liao840305]

I think the best route is if you don't have any useful data on the current drive is to format, and reinstall your OS on the SSD and than use the HDD as the secondary.

How do I format and reinstall my OS on the SSD? ( sorry I've never done that before... )

 

[Slow Pri]

there are a couple of options.

The more common way to do it is : http://lifehacker.com/how-to-do-a-clean-install-of-windows-10-1720775893

The way I prefer is:

1. Use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu and select Command Prompt (Admin).
Connect the drive you want clean and format to your computer.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:
diskpart
3. Type the following command to list all the available drives and press Enter:
list disk
4.Take your time and very carefully, on the output from the previous command, identify the drive you want to clean.
For example, in the screenshot below, we can see that we have four different drives listed, including Disk 0, which is 30GB, and we can quickly determine that it's the primary system drive. And because we're trying to clean an 8GB drive, we can easily spot that Disk 3 is the drive we need to select.

5.Use the following command to select the drive and press Enter:
select disk 3

Remember to change 3 in the command with the number of the drive you want to clean. If you fail to choose the correct number will erase all the data from the wrong drive.

6.Type the following command to clean the drive and press Enter:
clean

7.Type the following command to double-check the drive still selected and press Enter:
list disk

If the drive still selected, you will notice an asterisk (*) next to the disk.
8.Type the following command to create a partition and press Enter:
create partition primary
9.Type the following command to select the partition you just created and press Enter:
select partition 1
10.Type the following command to set the partition active and press Enter:
active

Source: http://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

 

[liao840305]

there are a couple of options.

The more common way to do it is : http://lifehacker.com/how-to-do-a-clean-install-of-windows-10-1720775893

The way I prefer is:

1. Use the Windows key + X keyboard shortcut to open the Power User menu and select Command Prompt (Admin).
Connect the drive you want clean and format to your computer.
2. Type the following command and press Enter:
diskpart
3. Type the following command to list all the available drives and press Enter:
list disk
4.Take your time and very carefully, on the output from the previous command, identify the drive you want to clean.
For example, in the screenshot below, we can see that we have four different drives listed, including Disk 0, which is 30GB, and we can quickly determine that it's the primary system drive. And because we're trying to clean an 8GB drive, we can easily spot that Disk 3 is the drive we need to select.

5.Use the following command to select the drive and press Enter:
select disk 3

Remember to change 3 in the command with the number of the drive you want to clean. If you fail to choose the correct number will erase all the data from the wrong drive.

6.Type the following command to clean the drive and press Enter:
clean

7.Type the following command to double-check the drive still selected and press Enter:
list disk

If the drive still selected, you will notice an asterisk (*) next to the disk.
8.Type the following command to create a partition and press Enter:
create partition primary
9.Type the following command to select the partition you just created and press Enter:
select partition 1
10.Type the following command to set the partition active and press Enter:
active

Source: http://www.windowscentral.com/how-clean-and-format-storage-drive-using-diskpart-windows-10

I tried your way, but after i typed in list disk (step 3), I only see Dist 0 which is the hdd im running on right now....

 

[Slow Pri]

Possibly a DOA SSD. Did you check your wiring?

 

[liao840305]

Possibly a DOA SSD. Did you check your wiring?

I just connected it to the SATA port where my hdd used to connect directly to my mother board.
And switched my hdd to the caddy at the optical bay. Still in the same situation where my data management and bios don't see it, but my device manager sees it.
So don't think it's the wiring problem.

 

[Slow Pri]

I would try another SSD. It could be the actually hard-ware. Rare but it can happen.

 

[liao840305]

I would try another SSD. It could be the actually hard-ware. Rare but it can happen.

k thanks! I'll try to put it in my other computer again, and if same thing happens I'll just get a new ssd I suppose. Thanks for your help!