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Bios doesnt detect SSD after win 7 partition install

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xxgokouxx

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Hello everyone,

New to the forums so my apologies if this has been discussed before (i already did a search to no avail). I also apologize for the typo's that will probably come ahead as i am typing off of my lg v10 instead of my supposed to be working laptop lol.

To start, i am currently working on an hp envy x360 laptop, 15in and comes equipped with an i7, aftermarket sandisk ssd, and 8gb ram (nothing dancy).

My experience: been working on pcs since i was 12, i am now 29. Done tons of windows installs and fixed hundreds of pcs in the past few years (father owns a repair shop, which ive left a few yrs back).

The background story: i previously had a windows 10 installation on the laptop. Everything was working fine EXCEPT for a windows 10 problem where it kept my laptop on for some reason EVEN after i hit shut down on the start menu or when i press my poqwer button.

I figured, hey... Lets do a windows 7 install and upgrade to win10 again.

I booted bios, changed uefi to legacy mode.

This is where problems arised. As i got to the prompt to delete partitions and etc, i deleted anything and everything that was windows 10, i kept the secondary storage partition(i keep my school work and etc on this partition), and attempted to install. It gave me an error about something (i forgot as its been a few days now) nothing out of the usual. So i went ahead and tried multiple times to install windows. Each and every tine since i exited that first windows insyallation, the laptop did not recognize the ssd. I got concerned and checked bios for ssd. It no longer detected the ssd.

Pulled it and put the ssd in the SECONDARY slot of my alienware m17x. I found out the drive no longer recognizes. It actually does something really funny as a matter of fact on my AW laptop. It froze the bios for a good 15 seconds, then did my AW bios didnt detect the ssd, and when win10 on my perfectly working PRIMARY hdd slot tried to boot up, it lagged out and didnt work at all.

I looked everywhere for a solution and found none what so ever... Am i SOL and somehow corrupted my ssd so bad that there is no going back?

I have a few extra resources if needed, including a hdd dock(i tried mounting and itbwouldnt showbup in windows). Usb thumb drives and etc. Let me know if theres anything inshould do, thank you in advanced!

P.S. Also have used gparted which did not work on my laptop either. Along with diskpart inside windows. Any other suggestions welcome

SUMMARY: tried to reinstall windows in windows install and it corrupted ssd somehow, now bios does not recognize ssd at all!
 
This may be a really stupid suggestion, but try leaving the SSD plugged in and turned on for 24 hours straight and don't touch the computer. When deleting partitions/data I read somewhere (Crucial, I think) that it could take hours and hours for the SSD to clean up internally (TRIM, whatever) after a full partition erase/wipe procedure.
Here's the link where I read it: SSDs and Secure Erase - Crucial Community
Quote of the last paragraph: "Once you've followed these steps, you will need to let the drive sit idle for an extended period, ideally at least overnight. This will allow an in-built function called Garbage Collection to clean all the cells and effectively prepare the drive for re-use. Avoiding this step could result in poor performance when re-using the SSD."
Maybe it only applies to Crucial drives, I don't know.
 
Thank you for your reply! I've read up the same thing on the Crucial forums.

I thought it was only 20 minutes, so I felt maybe I could get away with 8hrs.

I will plug the SSD drive back into the dock and give it a good 24-hr run!

P.S. I know the drive is working because it is getting warm near the connection point of the drive. It just doesn't function or recognize in BIOS.

I will give it exactly 24hrs and pray the drive works up again.

I've had an SSD fail, but nothing ever like this before.
 
if I remimber correctly try placing the ssd in the primary slot and set your dvd to boot from.This should recognize the ssd and load windows to the ssd. it might take a moment for this to happen so be patient.Leave out the HD when doing this.
 
Just wanted to thank everyone for your help and time.

I've gotten my replacement drive from Sandisk already and its in 100% working order again.

Many thanks!
 
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