SSD not recognized by Windows

[Ydur31]

I have just built my custom gaming pc and have had a problem that many other people have had but I still can't find a solution to mine specifically. I am trying to install Windows 7 64bit pro on my Samsung 850 Evo SSD. I have a Asus 170i pro gaming motherboard and the SSD is recognized through the bios but whenever I put in the disk for Windows 7 to instal, Windows doesn't recognize it and says that their are no drivers installed. I've tried changing the SSD to an MBR, didn't work, I've heard that you have to change the SATA to an HDCI but the bios doesn't have anyway of changing it to an HDCI. I need help. I can't install Windows 7.

 

[weberdarren97]

Is BIOS set to UEFI or Legacy? It needs to be set to UEFI. Once set to UEFI, make sure SATA mode is set to AHCI. Please note that the AHCI option won't be there until you've set BIOS to UEFI mode, saved your changes and rebooted back into BIOS setup.

Also, if there are multiple SATA ports on the motherboard, try using them all. Some motherboards require that the boot drive is in a certain SATA port. If there are multiple groups of SATA ports on the motherboard, try each port in each group until you get a result.

 

[ahnilated]

It tells you "there are no drivers installed" install the driver.

 

[rgd1101]

MERGED QUESTION
Question from Ydur31 : "SSD isn't recognized by Windows 7 installer"

Recently I had just built a new gaming pc. I installed everything and it powered on fine, right into the bios. I have Asus z170i pro gaming Mobo. I used a usb cd-rom to install Windows 7 64bit pro. When I put the disk in, it started up fine and asked me to install. After that it told me that there was no driver for windows to install into. windows didn't recognize the SSD (Samsung 850 Evo 500gb) but the bios did. I tried to make it an MBR but it still wasn't recognized. I read that maybe you can change the SATA to HDCI but my bios doesn't have an option to change it to an HDCI. I need help and can't figure out how to get Windows to recognize my SSD. I've seen other post similar to my problem but I still can't fix it.

I hope this formem solves my problem.

Thanks.
Rudy

You can't install window 7 via usb without either having a modified window 7 ISO or have a SATA optical drive.
You need to use ASUS tool to create that modified window 7 ISO on another pc:

You can get it here under utilities "Use this tool to create a Windows 7 installation file with USB 3.0 drivers preloaded for 100 series motherboards.":
https://www.asus.com/uk/Motherboards/Z170I-PRO-GAMING/HelpDesk_Download/
Direct link :
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/misc/utils/ASUS_EZ_Installer_10207_224.zip

The motherboard's manual will tell you in more detail in how to install windows 7 on a Skylake motherboard.

 

[rgd1101]

Do what suztera said, go to asus website and look for the instruction to install windows 7 on a 100 series board

 

[Ydur31]

Is BIOS set to UEFI or Legacy? It needs to be set to UEFI. Once set to UEFI, make sure SATA mode is set to AHCI. Please note that the AHCI option won't be there until you've set BIOS to UEFI mode, saved your changes and rebooted back into BIOS setup.

Also, if there are multiple SATA ports on the motherboard, try using them all. Some motherboards require that the boot drive is in a certain SATA port. If there are multiple groups of SATA ports on the motherboard, try each port in each group until you get a result.

its already in UEFI, its set to AHCI, i figured that out, but it still wouldn't work, so i tried moving the SATA cable to all SATA ports and each time it would still say that their are no drivers.

 

[Ydur31]

Do what suztera said, go to asus website and look for the instruction to install windows 7 on a 100 series board

I did what suztra said and i encontered another problem, the EZ flash wont load the file i put on my flashdrive. itll either freeze or wont do anything.

 

[Suztera]

Do what suztera said, go to asus website and look for the instruction to install windows 7 on a 100 series board

I did what suztra said and i encontered another problem, the EZ flash wont load the file i put on my flashdrive. itll either freeze or wont do anything.

You don't use EZ flash. The application is called ASUS EZ installer. To run this application, you need to use another working window pc.

Here the more detailed guide on installing win 7 on 100 series:
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/LGA1151/Z170-K/DE164_100_Series_Windows_7_Setup_Guide_print.pdf

 

[Ydur31]

Okay, so i went out and got a slim optical drive and used that instead of a USB optical drive. I'm hoping this one will work and will finally be able to use my new PC. But i forgot to get a micro-SATA power cable for the thing so now it will be even longer before i can actually download the thing. it shouldn't have been this complicated or hard to do, but its okay, i got lots of help from this website and i am great full.

Thanks.