Windows wont detect SSD

Manicmechanic · 25 Dec 2011 at 14:25

Hello all

Just got a Kingston SSD for Christmas, git it all connected up and in the machine, boot into windows and it appears in the device manager, but wont appear in my comp, or let me see any information about it.

Any help would be appreciated. MOBO is ASROCK extreme 4 gen 3.

I will be doing a clean install on it as soon as my windows disk arrives. But id like to know its working.

Cheers
Ben

ns400r · 25 Dec 2011 at 14:29

Create a partition on the drive and format it.

andy_mk3 · 25 Dec 2011 at 14:31

You'll need to create a partition on the drive. The easiest way to do this is right click on Computer, and select Manage. Then select Disk Management on the right, then you'll be able to create a partition from there

Manicmechanic · 25 Dec 2011 at 14:49

win

now have disk drive F:

But it only thinks its 111GB, when it should be 128GB, Anything i can do to free up that little bit of extra space?

Cheers
Ben

jamesfreddie · 25 Dec 2011 at 16:56

Manicmechanic said:
win now have disk drive F:

But it only thinks its 111GB, when it should be 128GB, Anything i can do to free up that little bit of extra space?

Cheers
Ben

Its 111GB after all formating etc. You cant do anything.

Manicmechanic · 25 Dec 2011 at 18:00

awesome got it working and can see it in windows ect ect.

I ran a speed test on it (same as in the review thread - AS SDD), The test drive scored higher in every test, with a final score of 494, mine only scored 346.

Is this down to difference in hardware?

Cheers
Ben