Question nvme ssd 0mb after cleaning in cmd prompt

[Rest_liv]

Hello!

I'm having issues installing windows ten onto my nvme ssd. I originally had a samsung 970evo in the system that was unfortunately dead on arrival. And i've purchased a samsung 990 pro as a replacement. The 990 pro shows up in the installer as drive 0 with 0mb. I read a few guides and they all pointed to cleaning the drive using commands. I did so and restarted the installer. It shows up as drive 0 with 0mb. I'm unsure if I got another bad nvme or if there's something i'm missing?

and list of parts in case it matters.

intel i5-12600k
asrock z790 PG Sonic atx lga 1700
silicon power xpower zenith gaming 32gb ddr5
Samsung 990 pro ssd 1tb pcie 4.0 m.2
asus 4070 super

 

[Ralston18]

This: "pointed to cleaning the drive using commands."

What commands did you use?

 

[Rest_liv]

This: "pointed to cleaning the drive using commands."

What commands did you use?

after opening command prompt.

diskpart

list disk

select disk 0

clean

exit

I then closed the command prompt, disk 0 disappeared from the installer, then restarted the installer. And it showed drive 0 again but with 0mb still

 

[Ralston18]

FYI

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/clean

and

https://www.minitool.com/partition-disk/diskpart-clean-vs-clean-all.html

If not too late - hold on doing anything else.

That said I will defer to those much more knowledgeable and experienced with disk management and recovery.

 

[Rest_liv]

Okay, i'll hold off doing anything else. Thank you for the help so far.

 

[USAFRet]

Likely you just need to Initialize it.

(from Microsoft)
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us...-2-disks/2fbe88ae-5ef5-4eca-bab6-d57ea494b037

1. Open Command Prompt as Administrator:

Press Win + X and select "Command Prompt (Admin)" or "Windows Terminal (Admin)."
Type diskpart and press Enter to open the Diskpart command-line utility.

2. List Disks:

Type list disk and press Enter to display all disks connected to your computer.

3. Select the Disk:

Type select disk X (replace X with the disk number you want to initialize) and press Enter.

4. Initialize the Disk:

Type clean and press Enter to erase all data on the disk and initialize it.

5. Exit Diskpart:

Type exit and press Enter to exit Diskpart
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From there, the Win installer should be able to see it and do all needed for the install.

 

[Rest_liv]

Likely you just need to Initialize it.

I will try it and update when i'm free. currently away for work for a couple of days.

 

[USAFRet]

I will try it and update when i'm free. currently away for work for a couple of days.

OK