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Gaj
Apr 30, 2006
Problem description: My second SSD, a 850 EVO 500gigs, isnt being recognized by Windows 10, while BIOS and Samsung Magician recognize it. My primary SSD a120 PNY for my OS is fine

Attempted Fixes: Formatted the drive, plugged into a separate SATA port, messed with my bios to enable all SATA ports to be "hot"

OS: Windows 10

System Specs:
SSD
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820147373

MOBO
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813132936

CPU
https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819117728

Location: USA

Have you Googles/Read FAQ: Yes, everything assumes Im installing on a laptop or directly the 850 EVO as my primary OS drive.

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smax
Nov 9, 2009

I also posted in the SSD thread, but I guess you can check this one more easily.

Have you initialized the drive? Windows won't assign a letter until the drive is initialized.

Open up Administrative Tools and go to Disk Management. Click on the SSD and it should prompt you to initialize the drive, then it will assign a letter.

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