SSD not showing up in Windows 7

[MUFC]

Hi,
I have recently been trying to install Elementary OS on an SSD that I bought a while ago but never used. It worked, but I thought I would try Ubuntu instead so I formatted the hard drive and then installed ubuntu via a USB drive. I then thought that Elementary was a lot nicer so I tried going back to that but I got an error message: Errno 5. I tried with a different USB and I still got it so I went back onto Windows on my primary hard drive and the SSD was not in my computer anymore. Since then I have tried many things to get the SSD discoverable by Windows again including post #2 on this thread and also karlsnooks' suggestions in this thread but nothing has worked. I got it to be seen by Windows using the suggestions in the second thread and even formatted it while I could see it but when I restarted my PC it went away again. I can see the SSD in BIOS as well so I know that all connections are secure. Worst comes to worst I can install Linux on my third HDD which works but I really would not like my SSD to be useless as it was quite expensive!

P.S. The SSD is a Kingston 240GB ATA

 

[GokAy]

Is it shown in Disk Management? and does it have a letter assigned if so?

 

[MUFC]

It is shown in disk management but it does not have a letter and is not present in my computer

 

[GokAy]

In Disk Management, right click the partition and "Change Drive Letter and Paths". Click Add and give a drive letter. It should be shown as that drive letter in Explorer now.

 

[MUFC]

Trust me, I have tried a lot more than just that. I have tried diskpart in cmd.exe, updating firmware, updating BIOS, everything. In regard to disk management, everything is greyed out except delete.

 

[GokAy]

Oh, tried formatting with NTFS using Partition Wizard free yet? Linux has a different file format unrecognized by Windows. PW should be able to see it. You can also try deleting the partition and recreating one, formatted with NTFS.

 

[MUFC]

Tried both of those methods already. This is pretty much my last resort before just completely throwing it away (which I really would not like to do) because whatever I do, it simply reverts after a restart.

 

[GokAy]

If you would like to try another one. In Partition Wizard there is an option to download a bootable ISO, use an app like Rufus to make a bootable CD/USB. Boot with it, delete and format the SSD, and make sure you apply the changes (menu option in PW) before you restart PC.

 

[MUFC]

Don't worry I fixed it. Not sure how but one of the formats just worked.