W7 not seeing SSD.

[rhysduck]

Trying to reinstall W7 (x64 Ultimate) on my SSD (Kingston V+ Series) but W7 is not seeing my main partition on the SSD. It only sees the "System Reserved" partition.

I've tried the Intel RST Drivers (F6 Install), and all the drivers from the Motherboard Support page (Mobo: Gigabyte P55 UD3). But STILL nothing.

Bios is set to AHCI. I've tried RAID(XHD) mode but no luck.

Anything I'm missing guys? Would it be usefull to format the SSD?
I formatted my RAID drives with Partition Magic from a BOOT CD, would it have done anything to the SSD?

EDIT: Im unsure as to format the SSD or not. Partition Magic says: Partition Table Error #105 Found. Partition Type: BAD.

 

[Essexraptor]

If the Kingston is new out of the box it should be formatted and ready to go

 

[Bremmy]

Run the installation routine again, and when you get the option delete all existing partitions on the SSD and let Windows partition the drive again. If the problem persists, try installing with any other SATA HDDs temporarily disconnected. Double-check ACHI is enabled too.

FWIW I'd be wary of using Partition Magic (even from bootable CD) on a Win7 system as it hasn't been updated since the days of Win XP. I'm sure it's officially listed by MS as incompatible with Vista and Windows 7.