HDD missing in BIOS and Disk Manager

[TooMuchFS]

I recently started having issues with Windows 7 and decided to upgrade the system in stages.

I was running the following:
C: Main WD 1TB Caviar Black (Windows 7 and most software)
D: Photos (WD 500MB Caviar Blue)
E: DVD
G: Simulator software (WD 1TB WD Caviar Black)

and all was well with the world (apart from the aforementioned Windows 7 issues).

I then installed an M.2 Samsung 500GB SSD on my Gigabyte Z97X-UD5H motherboard, and immediately installed Windows 10 on it. So I effectively had a dual boot system so I could work as normal for now on the Windows 7 drive and when time allowed, boot to the M.2 and start installing my required software.

The problem is that is as soon as I rebooted after the Windows 10 installation, I found that the D: drive (Photos) was not appearing in My Computer or the Device Manager etc. I booted it to the Windows 7 drive, and again, the D: drive was now not visible. i.e. I seem to have lost contact with the D: HDD following the M.2/Windows 10 installation.

I entered BIOS and even there I cannot see the old D: photo drive (and checked the SATA ports were enabled).

I’ve changed the HDD positions and cables and all the other drives work fine, but no sign of the old D: drive no matter which cable or slot I use. I took the D: drive out and checked it on another computer using a SATA to USB tray - and it works fine with all the data intact. (I do have other external backups as well, just in case.)

Any ideas why I can’t get my D: drive to be seen again?!

Thanks
Peter

 

[Paul Black]

Hi TooMuchFS, welcome to Seven Forums,

Perhaps you could post a screenshot of your Disk Management so we can see what setup is currently showing and the configuration.

I hope this helps!

 

[samuria]

If its not showing in the bios its generally dead if you remove all other drive does it show then as it could be a irq conflict

 

[Megahertz07]

- Did you detach all other drives when installing win 10 to the M.2 drive?
- I also have a M.2 PCIe drive and on the MB manual it says it uses SATA 5 port. Did you read the MB manual?

Try to take the M.2 off the MB and see if you can see on BIOS and under win 7.

 

[virtualking]

You should check the jumpers if they are set properly and you should try to replace even bus which connects to motherboard. If all are fine you might have a faulty hdd