Posted April 18, 2020 I recently bought a 1tb m.2 ssd to replace by cheap 200ish GB SATA SSD. I was planning to clone windows onto the new drive but the new SSD does not appear in the file manager. The m.2 port does share a lane with one of the SATA ports but the SATA port is not in use. What can I do to fix this? Do I need to do something in the BIOS? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 Just now, Nstud said: I recently bought a 1tb m.2 ssd to replace by cheap 200ish GB SATA SSD. I was planning to clone windows onto the new drive but the new SSD does not appear in the file manager. The m.2 port does share a lane with one of the SATA ports but the SATA port is not in use. What can I do to fix this? Do I need to do something in the BIOS? Did you create a new hard drive partion in windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 Author @tank234 I'm not exactly sure what that means (I'm pretty new to this stuff). From my understanding a hard drive partition just separates a hard disc drive into separate storage devices in software. The only storage devices I have in my PC are SSDs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 1 minute ago, Nstud said: @tank234 I'm not exactly sure what that means (I'm pretty new to this stuff). From my understanding a hard drive partition just separates a hard disc drive into separate storage devices in software. The only storage devices I have in my PC are SSDs. That's not how partitions work. Everything needs partitions, even if it's a SSD. A girl who loves to love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 ohh an nvme. that explains it. those things are a pain. when i put mine in, it was seen by mobo, but not bootable. to setup i threw in a usb installer, and chose the wipe a disk option and install. it complained about missing boot manager (grub for me) and errored the install. since i had a grub on my ssd install, i was able to choose boot device with that. assuming windows has a grub, or a program to make the nvme bootable, you should be fine. its best practice to remove the other drive when installing tho. main rig: CPU: 8086k @ 4.00ghz-4.3 boost PSU: 750 watt psu gold (Corsair rm750) gpu:axle p106-100 6gbz msi p104-100 @ 1887+150mhz oc gpu clock, 10,012 memory clock*2(sli?) on prime w coffee lake igpu Mobo: Z390 taichi ultimate Ram: 2x8gb corsair vengence lpx @3000mhz speed case: focus G black OS: ubuntu 16.04.6, and umix 20.04 Cooler: mugen 5 rev b, Storage: 860 evo 1tb/ 120 gb corsair force nvme 500 backup 8gb ram celeron laptop/860 evo 500gb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 Have you assigned it a letter in "disk management"? PC SPECS: CPU: Intel Core i7 3770k @4.4GHz - Mobo: Asrock Extreme 4 (Z77) - GPU: MSI GeForce GTX 680 Twin Frozr 2GB - RAM: Crucial Ballistix 2x4GB (8GB) 1600MHz CL8 + 1x8GB - Storage: SSD: Sandisk Extreme II 120GB. HDD: Seagate Barracuda 1TB - PSU: be quiet! Pure Power L8 630W semi modular - Case: Corsair Obsidian 450D - OS: Windows 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 Just now, Nstud said: @tank234 I'm not exactly sure what that means (I'm pretty new to this stuff). From my understanding a hard drive partition just separates a hard disc drive into separate storage devices in software. The only storage devices I have in my PC are SSDs. no a hard drive partion formats the new drive so that windows can recognize it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Posted April 18, 2020 Author Thank you guys this was very helpful. Never realized I was so ignorant Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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