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eppur_se_muova

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6. Aaaargh .... aargh ... argh ... Drive shows up in Win7 after reboot.

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Tue Dec 10, 2019, 02:52 PM

Dec 2019

Two USB ports were in use -- one in front, one in back -- for mouse and keyboard, but when I tried adding another USB device Win7 couldn't see it. Rebooted and suddenly now it can see it just fine.

I'm still going to have to try the suggested shareware, because the Win8 install disc can't find a driver for the SSD.

I've never run into this with Windows before. You'd think the install disk would have some disc formatting ability, but unless it's accessed through the CLI I just don't see it.

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Bloody Hell -- new SSD just WON'T show up in Win7, even after formatting to NTFS. [View all] eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 OP

Have you checked your BIOS settings? sdfernando Dec 2019 #1

Go into Administrative Tools canetoad Dec 2019 #2

I can't see the drive in disk management. Only C: and the CD-ROM. nt eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #4

OK, try this freebie canetoad Dec 2019 #5

I recommend AOMEI partition assistant (freeware) to look at it with. Ron Obvious Dec 2019 #3

Aaaargh .... aargh ... argh ... Drive shows up in Win7 after reboot. eppur_se_muova Dec 2019 #6