SSD not detected by BIOS or Windows

[carlos.valdes]

I wanted to revitalize my PC with a new Kingston A400 SSD, formatting the HDD and installing a fresh Windows 7.

So, everything went OK in the beginning, I formatted the HDD and installed Windows 7, ran updates and installed drivers. I connected the new SSD and everything was still OK. I noticed that the BIOS detected it, I initialized the disk in the disk manager, and then proceeded to the last stage, cloning the HDD into the SSD with EaseUs. So, when the cloning was at about 90% done, an error occured and the process finished. I don't know if this has anything to do with it, but I think I left unchecked the "Optimize for SSD" option.

Now, nor Windows or BIOS detect the SSD. I have tried connecting the SATA port in all different places, connecting just the SSD, turn off and unpluging the computer, without any result.

Is the SSD now faulty? Or is there anything I can do to restore it?

BTW, I ran Seagate Tools on my old HDD to check if there were any problems, but it came out clean.
When rebooting Windows, it didn't detect the SSD at first, so I couldn't install Windows in it. That's why I went with the cloning process.

My system:
Intel i7 4770K
Asus Gryphon z87 motherboard
Seagate Barracuda 1TB HDD
Kingston A400 SSD

 

[Nemanja Djordjic]

Try different SATA cable.


Try plugging SSD into Sata II.

 

[The prime mediocre]

I'm not sure what the cloning process might have done, because I've never performed a drive clone myself. It's always best to install windows directly on the SSD.

Here are Kingston's instructions for performing a secure erase on one of their drives. If it's okay, it should show up there. When you do this, unplug the HDD (and all other drives if they exist, beside your DOS bootable flash drive and the SSD). Then I would strongly recommend a fresh install of Windows 7. After that, you should make sure TRIM support is enabled.