Samsung SSD 840 EVO boot problem

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  1. Posts : 7,351
    Windows 7 HP 64
       #11

    Now that I see your Disk Manager Image from post 8, I apologize as I was wrong (post 6)
    The only boot able disk (active) is disk 0.
    Data disk 1 has no active sector.
    In other words, everything is correct and should be working.

    In a Legacy - MBR BIOS:
    - You will see all disks (boot able or no boot able) under SATA devices.
    - You may not see non boot able disks under boot options.

    As BIOS doesn't always show your SSD and the win 7 installation doesn't find it, I would say that you have a SSD failure.

    Put the disk on desktop that has a Windows.
    Open Disk manager and on the SSD delete all partitions - Don't create new. Leave it RAW. (If it doesn't see the SSD, you have a SSD failure)
    On the Laptop, put the SSD on SATA 0 and remove the HDD.
    Try to install Win 7 on it.

    If the installation doesn't see the SSD, I would say it has a failure.
    Remember, Samsung EVO 840 SSD has 5 years warranty.
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  2. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #12

    Ok mate well the choice is yours as to how you prepare the SSD and for me a format is just not good enough.

    I have cleaned quite a few of my SSD's albeit only a couple of times and never with clean all in DISKPART which will overtax the SSD blocks or certain ones of them.

    But the choice is yours of course and I do stand to be corrected on what I have stated.
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  3. Posts : 1
    Windows 7Ultimate
       #13

    Hello ,
    i have the same problems with an Samsung EVO 1TB .
    It working perfectly to store anything (i tested him in my main pc and my Toshiba laptop)

    but

    1) It refuse to upload Windows , 7 , 8.1 from bootable usb stick and 10 from bootable dvd .
    2) It have the same behavior in my main (well working with old Kinston 64GB, Gigabyte DDR3, Intel i3, 16GB ram) pc when i put Samsung SSD in place of Kingston. Messing up Bios until disconnect it.

    and in my new (Gigabyte DDR4 , i5 , 8GB Ram) that i had the idea to create with Samsung as bootable disc.

    I lost many hours from my life for that Samsung trash and any samsung warranty can compensate.

    Tomorrow i will ask , using warranty, a repair or money refund.

    Was the first and the last time in my life ,that i bought Samsung products. Korean products are by far the worst in global markets.

    As i understand from all previous messages , these SSDs are constructed with unsurpassed problems.
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  4. Posts : 21,004
    Desk1 7 Home Prem / Desk2 10 Pro / Main lap Asus ROG 10 Pro 2 laptop Toshiba 7 Pro Asus P2520 7 & 10
       #14

    1renos said:
    Hello ,
    i have the same problems with an Samsung EVO 1TB .
    It working perfectly to store anything (i tested him in my main pc and my Toshiba laptop)

    but

    1) It refuse to upload Windows , 7 , 8.1 from bootable usb stick and 10 from bootable dvd .
    2) It have the same behavior in my main (well working with old Kinston 64GB, Gigabyte DDR3, Intel i3, 16GB ram) pc when i put Samsung SSD in place of Kingston. Messing up Bios until disconnect it.

    and in my new (Gigabyte DDR4 , i5 , 8GB Ram) that i had the idea to create with Samsung as bootable disc.

    I lost many hours from my life for that Samsung trash and any samsung warranty can compensate.

    Tomorrow i will ask , using warranty, a repair or money refund.

    Was the first and the last time in my life ,that i bought Samsung products. Korean products are by far the worst in global markets.

    As i understand from all previous messages , these SSDs are constructed with unsurpassed problems.
    Well seems to me you bought a dud mate because I have quite a collection of Samsungs and no problems over quite a few years. So why didn't you just get it replaced as it was obviously bad and frankly I think the Korean made stuff is better than the crappy stuff that comes out of China in some of the brands I think you probably made the mistake f just not picking up on something wrong in the first place
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