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I had the same issue. Look at the reddit link for the windows 7 drivers here: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3rvoop/samsung_950_pro_nvme_ssd_windows_7_64/

 

Run the install as normal and then select the driver when the hard drive section comes up.

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As the title says, I've got myself a new m.2 950 Pro and when I try installing windows 7 onto it It doesn't show up in the storage devices. On my current install it shows up in the storage management thingo so im not sure what to do.

Im running a i7 6850K and Asus X99 Deluxe II.

What do I have to do to get windows on this darn thing!?

 

 

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Well you're a genius, I'm installing 7 so that i can activate it (thus linking my CD key to my new mobo) then upgrading to 10.

Try being a little more helpful next time.

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I've initialised the drive, You think making a partition on the drive will work?

 

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14 minutes ago, SnipeYa said:

As the title says, I've got myself a new m.2 950 Pro and when I try installing windows 7 onto it It doesn't show up in the storage devices. On my current install it shows up in the storage management thingo so im not sure what to do.

Im running a i7 6850K and Asus X99 Deluxe II.

What do I have to do to get windows on this darn thing!?

 

 

By the way, not related but if you do install Windows 7 to it. You're gonna have a nasty shock in less than 1 year when you don't have anymore support.

 

Windows 7 will no longer have Skylake support.

 

What you should do is install a modern operating system like Windows 10.

 

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8 minutes ago, mikat said:

i'd say make a new empty volume?

I've initialised the drive, You think making a partition on the drive will work?

 

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8 minutes ago, SnipeYa said:

Well you're a genius, I'm installing 7 so that i can activate it (thus linking my CD key to my new mobo) then upgrading to 10.

Try being a little more helpful next time.

You've got a little over 4 weeks to figure out your problem and upgrade before you need to buy Windows 10.

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11 minutes ago, SnipeYa said:

Well you're a genius, I'm installing 7 so that i can activate it (thus linking my CD key to my new mobo) then upgrading to 10.

Try being a little more helpful next time.

You have until July 29th to upgrade for free to Windows 10. Keep that in mind. 

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1 minute ago, Matias_Chambers said:

You have until July 1st to upgrade for free to Windows 10. Keep that in mind. 

Actually July 29th but still upgrade soon or just buy Windows 10 today.

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1 minute ago, AluminiumTech said:

Actually July 29th but still upgrade soon or just buy Windows 10 today.

Oh, thanks for correcting me. 

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2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

You've got a little over 4 weeks to figure out your problem and upgrade before you need to buy Windows 10.

 

2 minutes ago, Matias_Chambers said:

You have until July 1st to upgrade for free to Windows 10. Keep that in mind. 


Would have 10 installed tonight if installing to the SSD wasn't being a pain

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Would have 10 installed tonight if installing to the SSD wasn't being a pain

Try installing Windows 10 using your Windows 7 key

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2 minutes ago, AluminiumTech said:

Try installing Windows 10 using your Windows 7 key

Doesn't work, I've upgraded about 8 people now and I've tried that before, It has to be an upgrade.

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I had the same issue. Look at the reddit link for the windows 7 drivers here: https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/3rvoop/samsung_950_pro_nvme_ssd_windows_7_64/

 

Run the install as normal and then select the driver when the hard drive section comes up.

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install it somewhere else.. then upgrade, get the tool to get your win 10 key then fresh install on the 950

 

Win 7 probably not going to pick up an NVME drive especially over PCI-e straight outta the box. It's like when sata drives fdirst came out, you had to load a driver for the os tro see it.. really though I wouldn't bother.. do everything you need to then get the fresh install on there.

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41 minutes ago, SnipeYa said:

As the title says, I've got myself a new m.2 950 Pro and when I try installing windows 7 onto it It doesn't show up in the storage devices. On my current install it shows up in the storage management thingo so im not sure what to do.

Im running a i7 6850K and Asus X99 Deluxe II.

What do I have to do to get windows on this darn thing!?

 

 

Go to your BIOS settings and check if its running UEFI or legacy.

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38 minutes ago, SnipeYa said:

As the title says, I've got myself a new m.2 950 Pro and when I try installing windows 7 onto it It doesn't show up in the storage devices. On my current install it shows up in the storage management thingo so im not sure what to do.

Im running a i7 6850K and Asus X99 Deluxe II.

What do I have to do to get windows on this darn thing!?

 

 

 

The Windows 7 setup has a specific set of hard disk and SATA drivers installed for the time period it was released in, back in 2009. M.2 drives didn't gain much publicity until 2012-2013, so their drivers are not present in the Windows 7 installer. Ways you could remedy the problem are:

  • Install Windows 7 to a hard drive, upgrade to Windows 10, then do a clean install to the M.2 SSD while the hard drive is in the system, so you get activated accordingly
  • Go into your BIOS and set the M.2 mode to SATA (I have not done this or tested this)
  • Within the Windows 7 Installer, look for an option where it says you can add drivers. Extract the M.2 drivers from your existing Windows 7 install and import them into the Installer program via a flash drive.

It's usually good practice to disable EFI when installing Windows 7 as it isn't fully compatible with EFI. When doing the fresh install of Windows 10 to your M.2 SSD, remember to re-enable EFI.

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All is well now, got into the installer loaded the driver and now its doing its thing.

 

Should have thought of using a different HDD though, That would have been a bunch easier.

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Oooops nope, Setup finished restarted then refused to boot windows.

 

Time to grab an old HDD.

 

BTW, MBR or GPT for the SSD?

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Oooops nope, Setup finished restarted then refused to boot windows.

 

Time to grab an old HDD.

 

BTW, MBR or GPT for the SSD?

GPT. MBR is so broken and stupid that it makes me cringe why they didn't inform everyone upgrading to Windows 10 to change.

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2 hours ago, AluminiumTech said:

GPT. MBR is so broken and stupid that it makes me cringe why they didn't inform everyone upgrading to Windows 10 to change.

The hard drive ideally has to be reformatted to be a GPT partitioned drive :/ 

 

It is possible to do an in-place conversion but it has to be done on a separate machine, but if power is lost at any point during the conversion there is a very high chance that all your data is lost.

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