Windows 7 - SSD is unallocated?

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  1. Posts : 14
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    Windows 7 - SSD is unallocated?


    Hello everyone, im in a pickle.i just installed a second SSD to my system, in my computer i dont see it. i went to disk management and it shows
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  2. whs
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       #2

    As it says, you have to initialize that SSD and then define a partition with a drive letter. Then it will show. Make sure the partition is aligned.
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  3. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 64
    Thread Starter
       #3

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  4. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 64
    Thread Starter
       #4

    whs said:
    As it says, you have to initialize that SSD and then define a partition with a drive letter. Then it will show. Make sure the partition is aligned.
    what do you mean by align the partition.
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  5. whs
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    See here: SSD Alignment
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  6. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 64
    Thread Starter
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    whs said:
    See here: SSD Alignment

    can you please confirm if i did this right please.

    step 1. i initialized a drive letter
    step 2. Diskpart
    step 3 List disk
    step 4 Select disk n (where n is the number that was given for your SSD in List disk)
    step 5 Clean
    step 6 Create partition primary align=1024
    step 7 Format fs=ntfs quick
    ????? Active (assuming you want to install an OS)
    step 8 Exit

    ****I DID NOT DO THE "ACTIVE" STEP BECAUSE I AM NOT INSTALLING WINDOWS****



    Step 9 Verification:

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  7. whs
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       #7

    Looks OK.
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  8. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 64
    Thread Starter
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    whs said:
    Looks OK.
    thank you so much!
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  9. Posts : 13,576
    Windows 10 Pro x64
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    All new drives will ask you to initialize it, just pay attention to the screen and you`ll be fine, you did a great job
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  10. Posts : 14
    Windows 7 64
    Thread Starter
       #10

    whs said:
    Looks OK.
    Im back

    i turned on my computer this morning and it said "bootmgr is missing", i put in the windows disk and did repair and that was fixed.

    however when i go into "My Computer" i see the following





    DISK K is the SSD i was installing yesterday
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