[SOLVED] SSD not recognized in window installation

[abdelelah47]

Hi
i bought Samsung 970 evo for my lenovo y520-15ikbn 80wk to replace my hdd with it, i disconnect the hdd and installed the ssd then when i got asked where to install the windows (from a usb) i could not find my ssd, I clicked refresh but nothing changed. The SSD is recognized in the BIOS by it's full name.
I then reconnected my hdd to see if windows will recognize it and it did! and I can even allocate it and use it, so what's the problem exactly ?
Thank you <3

 

[captaincharisma]

it sounds like the hard drive isn't formatted so it will not show up in windows. go into disk management to see if it is in there

 

[Solandri]

Try turning off secure boot in the UEFI BIOS. It's usually set up so the computer can boot only off certain known devices. When you put in the SSD, the system didn't recognize it as a valid bootable device, so the Windows installer wouldn't let you choose to install on it.

 

[abdelelah47]

it sounds like the hard drive isn't formatted so it will not show up in windows. go into disk management to see if it is in there

it is brand new and formatted I just checked

 

[abdelelah47]

Try turning off secure boot in the UEFI BIOS. It's usually set up so the computer can boot only off certain known devices. When you put in the SSD, the system didn't recognize it as a valid bootable device, so the Windows installer wouldn't let you choose to install on it.

done, still not showing in windows installation 🙁

 

[karenjoly]

Where does it show as formatted ? In Disk Management ? Is it partitioned as well ?

Where does the manual or spec say whether the M2 port supports SATA or NVMe drives ?

 

[abdelelah47]

Where does it show as formatted ? In Disk Management ? Is it partitioned as well ?

Where does the manual or spec say whether the M2 port supports SATA or NVMe drives ?

in disk management it is disk 0 unallocated spac, so it's formatted right ?

here is the official page showing it support m.2 PCIe SSD
https://www.lenovo.com/sa/en/laptops/legion-laptops/legion-y-series/Legion-Y520/p/88GMY500808

 

[karenjoly]

Not formatted at all. How is it described in the small window ? Can you rt cl the drive and select any options ?

 

[abdelelah47]

Not formatted at all. How is it described in the small window ? Can you rt cl the drive and select any options ?

here is a screenshot
https://i.ibb.co/ngLfQzD/20190116-000242.jpg

what should I do ?

it is the 500gb samsung 970 evo, the disk 0 is the hdd (my mistake i said the ssd is the disk 0)

 

[karenjoly]

New simple volume is what you want and stick with default options.

 

[abdelelah47]

New simple volume is what you want and stick with default options.

done, still not showing in the installation window 🙁

turned secure boot on and off, both did not change anything.

whats going on exactly ?

 

[karenjoly]

Create a current USB media tool for installing windows according to the steps set out here

https://www.microsoft.com/en-ca/software-download/windows10


( perhaps you have a current install device already ),

ensure the bios mode is UEFI, insert the usb device into the port, then post a picture of the current disk management window and the bios boot menu showing both drives.

 

[Solandri]

Install a partition manager program like Partition Wizard Free.
https://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html

Check to make sure the SSD is partitioned as GPT. If it's partitioned as MBR, Windows will not be able to boot it on UEFI systems. Windows is supposed to pop up a message informing you that this is the problem, but Microsoft has changed it up so many times that I don't know if it still does.

If it's partitioned as MBR (it can have no partitions and still be set up as MBR), then convert it to GPT. Then try installing Windows on it again.