New SSD not showing in BIOS


  1. crgibson
    Posts : 145
    Win 7 HP 64bit w/SP1
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    New SSD not showing in BIOS


    So, I just installed a SSD. I followed the tutorial for installing and transfer of OS. I now have 2 problems. The new SSD is not much faster than the HD. I was getting a startup of 2min 51 sec. Now I get 2 min 35 sec. Everything went as shown in the tut except changing the SSD in the start up BIOS to be after the CDrom. My only choices are:
    Floppy
    LS120
    +Hard Disk
    CDRom
    ZIP
    USB - FDD
    USB - Zip
    USB - CDRom
    USB - HDD
    Legacy LAN

    I put the LS120 behind the CDrom.

    So question #1 is how to get the BIOS to "see" the SSD?

    Question #2 is how to format the hard drive that had Win 7 on it? I have tried Computer Management but it says that the drive is offline and will not do anything. I have tried other partition managers but still cannot delete or format that drive.

    Thanks for any help.
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  3. pbcopter
    Posts : 1,872
    Windows 10 Pro x64, Windows 8.1 Pro x64, Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1,
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    In your list expand the entry +hard Disk (select it and press enter) You should see the SSD there. Make it the first entry.

    I do not see a drive offline in your screen shot.
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  4. crgibson
    Posts : 145
    Win 7 HP 64bit w/SP1
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    pbcopter - Thanks for the quick reply. When I expanded the +hard disk the SSD showed up as SCSI-0. I checked that, but when I rebooted nothing had changed as far as time. I rebooted twice more just recheck.

    I have attached a new snip of computer management showing the "old" HD. I had disabled it in device manager before.New SSD not showing in BIOS-drives-2.png

    Thanks for your help.
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