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    SSD not picked up by Windows on MSI GS73 laptop

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by Preintel, Jan 29, 2018.

  1. Preintel

    Preintel Newbie

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    I have a MSI GS73 7RF Stealth Pro laptop with a 2TB HDD and a aftermarket 256GB Toshiba XG3 SSD
    ( https://www.cnet.com/products/toshi...e-drive-256-gb-pci-express-3-1-x4-nvme/specs/)

    Inside the Bios I can see the SSD model, size, etc and it appears fine. When I load up windows install it does not pickup the drive, also tried diskpart in command line and disk management in windows 10 but the SSD does not appear (can't initialize the drive since it is not appearing).
    I figured maybe I am missing the correct drivers so I downloaded the OCV Toshiba NVME driver for the SSD and during windows install loaded it (but had to check the box to show incompatible devices/drivers), does this mean that the SSD is completely useless on my laptop and I need a new SSD since the driver is not compatible? (I bought the laptop and it came with the toshiba ssd but I didn't buy it from MSI directly)?
     
    Preintel, Jan 29, 2018
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  2. Vistar Shook

    Vistar Shook Notebook Deity

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    I think that model accepts M.2 Sata drives and NVME, perhaps there is a setting in the Bios for PCIe instead of Sata?
     
    Vistar Shook, Jan 29, 2018
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  3. tilleroftheearth

    tilleroftheearth Wisdom listens quietly...

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    The issue is hopefully resolved by now; but my guess would be that the Windows installer you were using was not compatible with the BIOS settings you have/had set (MBR boot vs. UEFI boot).

    How did you resolve this issue?
     
    tilleroftheearth, Feb 23, 2018
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