Setup samsung 860 evo m.2 nvme ssd as bootdrive

[ElliotGustafsson]

I am in the works of getting a new pc. i've decided to go with a asus z170 pro gaming motherboard. It is the storage part of the build were i am not sure of what to do... i've read many posts of people having trouble setting up these kinds of drives as bootdrives as they aren't recognized by windows installer. Should i go with de 960 nvme och go the safer route and buying a regular 850 evo 2,5 inch. They are the same price for the 250gb versions of the two drives here in sweden so that is why i am asking.

[Electronics Wizardy]

They should work fine in the installer, if no you can load a driver on a usb, dvd, or floppy in the window pe enviroment.

[Justin_]

If you are using Windows 10 you should be good to go (if I remember right) but otherwise you must go to Samsung's website and download the proper M.2 drivers and put them on a flash drive, then when you get to Select your hard drive click install device drivers and select the M.2 driver, it's not too bad

[ElliotGustafsson]

4 minutes ago, huilun02 said:

Link us to the site. Its either the NVME drive on a huge discount or the 850 Evo seriously overpriced.

https://www.komplett.se/product/903115/datorutrustning/haarddisk/ssd-m2/samsung-960-evo-250gb-m2-pcie-ssd

https://www.komplett.se/product/828769/datorutrustning/haarddisk/ssd-25/samsung-850-evo-250gb-ssd

[mark_cameron]

14 hours ago, ElliotGustafsson said:

I am in the works of getting a new pc. i've decided to go with a asus z170 pro gaming motherboard. It is the storage part of the build were i am not sure of what to do... i've read many posts of people having trouble setting up these kinds of drives as bootdrives as they aren't recognized by windows installer. Should i go with de 960 nvme och go the safer route and buying a regular 850 evo 2,5 inch. They are the same price for the 250gb versions of the two drives here in sweden so that is why i am asking.

If your mother board bios is up to date you should have no problems detecting and using the windows installer from a windows media source.

 

It will detect it in the drives list. just make sure the bios is up to date