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Samsung EVO SSD 850 Not recognized by Windows 7 setup

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Your motherboard does not support AHCI, I would try upgrading to Windows 10 through Windows Updates within Windows 7, once it has been upgraded through there you can try doing a clean install. Also, if you are creating a bootable USB, create it using the MBR option instead of GPT for the partition type. On the other hand, you might need to create a bootable DVD instead.

 

You're not going to get the maximum performance benefits of your SSD without an AHCI capable motherboard. Consider upgrading it.

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Hi.

 

I was trying to install a clean install of Windows 7 and upgrade to Windows 10 because its such a wonderful time to upgrade OS and upgrade to an SSD.

 

My motherboard is this older Gigabyte P41T-D3P.

 

The bios recognized the drive and the previous installation of windows as well. I even made a NTFS empty partition on the drive. But the Windows setup wont recognize the drive...any ideas?

 

Thanks for help... The HDD is dying....

 

Radders

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Hi.

 

I was trying to install a clean install of Windows 7 and upgrade to Windows 10 because its such a wonderful time to upgrade OS and upgrade to an SSD.

 

My motherboard is this older Gigabyte P41T-D3P.

 

The bios recognized the drive and the previous installation of windows as well. I even made a NTFS empty partition on the drive. But the Windows setup wont recognize the drive...any ideas?

 

Thanks for help... The HDD is dying....

 

Radders

Is the BIOS set to AHCI mode? check all cables again.





 
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I even made a NTFS empty partition on the drive. But the Windows setup wont recognize the drive...any ideas?

 

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Is the BIOS set to AHCI mode? check all cables again.

I cant find such a mode on the motherboard....

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I cant find such a mode on the motherboard....

There is usually IDE, RAID and AHCI.

It's usually under the storage tab or something like that in the BIOS.





 
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Your motherboard does not support AHCI, I would try upgrading to Windows 10 through Windows Updates within Windows 7, once it has been upgraded through there you can try doing a clean install. Also, if you are creating a bootable USB, create it using the MBR option instead of GPT for the partition type. On the other hand, you might need to create a bootable DVD instead.

 

You're not going to get the maximum performance benefits of your SSD without an AHCI capable motherboard. Consider upgrading it.

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Thank you all for your help. I made a blank gpt partition on the SSD and disabled ide mode... and i was able to install win7 somehow. Thanks again. upgrade will take place in Q1 2016...

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