Windows 7 - Unable to read SSD

So I turned my computer off last night, everything was working fine. Then when I woke up today, I turned it on and BAM, could no longer read my SSD (Vertex 2) and would get a message telling me to insert my windows install disk.

So I decided to humour it, and tried putting the disk in, checked the recovery options and was unable to find the SSD to perform recovery on. I carried on a few more steps to install a fresh copy and it wasn't listed there either.

I spent about a hour fiddling around with the hardware, swapping around wires and harddrives to check if it was the wires messing me about, turns out everything worked fine.

I then reset my BIOS and then checked the boot settings, but my SSD wasn't even displayed on the list.

So I was stumped.

On the POST screen, when the SSD was not plugged in, nothing would show up in that slot, however when the SSD is plugged in it says 'None'


(SSD currently plugged into C1 Master)

This problem has been bugging me all day, and I was hoping someone might know what it going on ?

Regards,
MatthewH

Have you tried to plug the SSD into another SATA slot on your board? If that dosen't work, try and connect a spare Hard Drive to the cable your SSD is currently connected to - just to rule out whether it's actually the SSD or a problem with a SATA port on the motherboard.

I tried loads of different combinations of cables, slots and hard drives. Nothing seemed to work.

I can't see why it would stop so spontaneously. I had turned it off and on several times the night before and it was fine. Then I turn it off for the night and it's gone

I'm hoping it hasn't packed up entirely. Going back to a regular hard drive is insanity ... the slowness

What firmware version on your SSD?
Did you shut the computer down or put it to sleep or hibernate?
Is there a green or red LED lit next to the SATA connector on the SSD?