SSD not showing up

[Whitenova]

So I purchased a ssd to go into one of my builds that right now just has a single hard drive and I have installed the ssd and it shows up in the bios but will not show up once in windows any ideas why?

[spartaman64]

go to disk manager and format it

[pokechat8978]

So I purchased a ssd to go into one of my builds that right now just has a single hard drive and I have installed the ssd and it shows up in the bios but will not show up once in windows any ideas why?

You have to go to Disk Management and Initialize it.

[Enderman]

disk management, in the admin tools, which you find in control panel

[Whitenova]

go to disk manager and format it

I Would but the ssd is not showing up in Disk management 

[spartaman64]

I Would but the ssd is not showing up in Disk management 

open cmd type diskpart then type list disk do you see it?

[Whitenova]

open cmd type diskpart then type list disk do you see it?

Nope only the single hard drive is showing

[spartaman64]

Nope only the single hard drive is showing

plug it into a different sata port maybe or get another cable

[Whitenova]

plug it into a different sata port maybe or get another cable

new cable and new port and still doesnt list it

[spartaman64]

new cable and new port and still doesnt list it

ssd might be broken rma it

[Whitenova]

ssd might be broken rma it

but isnt it odd that it shows up in bios and not in os?

[Astralify]

Scan for hardware changes trough the device manager, and then disk manager. It should show up as unallocated space. You will then need to make some partition/s, assign letters and format.

[Blake]

So I purchased a ssd to go into one of my builds that right now just has a single hard drive and I have installed the ssd and it shows up in the bios but will not show up once in windows any ideas why?

If it is showing up in the bios Windows will detect it.

Others have mentioned parts of the solutions but here goes:

1. Confirm that the sata port hasn't been disabled in the bios, try a different SATA data cable if you can't see it here. May also need to use a different SATA power cable.

2. Open devmgmt.msc scan for changes. Check if it shows under disk drives. If it does make sure it hasn't been disabled, if it has, enable it. If it isn't showing, double check the manufactures website (they are rare, but it could required a driver to detect). You should make sure every device does not show the Yellow triangle of "unknown device driver" in device manager (if you are connecting via the 3rd party chip set and you don't have the driver installed windows wont be able to detect the ssd).

3. open diskpart.msc and see if it shows here. As it is a new device, windows should detect this and prompt you to initialize as MBR or GPT. Once that has finished you will need to partition the drive and assign a drive letter before you can see it in explorer.