How to Fix SSD Not Showing or Detected in Windows 10/11

Is your SSD not showing up? Or is your PC not recognizing the SSD? Don’t worry! This video has all the solutions to your problems.

Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
0:47 Why SSD Is Not Recognized
2:07 Method 1: Fix Faulty Hardware
3:14 Method 2: Configure BIOS settings
4:44 Method 3: Update SSD drivers
5:34 Method 4: Initialize New SSD Drive
6:28 Method 5: Repair by Disk Management
7:23 Bonus: How To Recover SSD Data

Before you can go on solving the SSD issues, we first need to understand what is the reason behind computers not recognizing SSDs? Well, there are a few reasons; faulty hardware is the simplest one; imagine a wire within the PC not plugged in properly that’s causing your SSD not to be detected. But there are no complicated reasons, like having incorrect BIOS settings or outdated drivers.

No matter the reason, your SSD should be up and running, and that is the aim of this video.

If it's faulty hardware, open up your PC and fix it, and if you don’t know where to look, watch the video carefully to find out.

If it's BIOS problems, you can fix that by yourself within a matter of minutes, as displayed in this video.

But at times, the problem isn’t with the BIOS but with the drivers being outdated; for this, we can simply locate the driver section on the PC, and Windows will update them for us. Isn’t that convenient?

And if tragedy hits and you happen to lose some data from your SSD, Wondershare’s Recoverit is here to fix that, too. Simply download and install the software on your PC and follow the steps given in this video; you’ll recover all the files in no time.

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[mattalford]

Omg I wish people would just get to the point lol. I don't need to know how the ssd was made to fix it lol.

[roysew]

U did not gave any fixes as mentioned in ur title

[aceace]

great, but what do i do if i got a brand new ssd but no instructions or anything .

[deadalkabob]

Hey, I installed a new m.2 ssd and it isn’t recognized in windows, but it is recognized in the bios .

[MyceliumCast]

I did not find it helpfull. I just finished my new PC built and wanted to install windows 11, but in windows explorer I am not able to find the NVMe M.2 SSD disc (samsung SSD 980) mainframe is Gygabyte B650... PLEASE HELP!

[kingbaboon]

Your video only seems to troubleshoot SATA drivers. Is there a fix for nvme not shown in bios?

[lemonacidrounds]

At first I've tried entering the drive to extract a PDF document and it gave me:

"A device which does not exist was specified" not letting me in.

I've opened Disk Management and clicked on Rescan.

My problematic drive disappeared entirely. I cannot see it in Disk Management as I cannot see it when I enter My Computer! Is there any way I can get my drive and my stuff inside the drive back or its gone and it needs repair or change?

[garohlepro]

Hi, my problem is that the ssd is working fine and showing up everywhere but once i turn off the computer teh turn it back on the ssd is gone and it tells me to reconnect like its not connectedn althought it is connected so how do i fix this please

[ObadiahGreen-ehcm]

Didn't help at all!!! Didnt' work. My HP still doesn't see the new SSD at all. It will not acknowledge it. just like it is not pluged in, but it is. I've checked it!☹☹☹☹

[jontywilkinson-hi]

hey i have a question because you know when you plug in your disk drive well for me the sea gate one i plugged it in and then i had to delete files and i accidentally deleted the hardrive file and i can’t find it anywhere

[justinray]

method 5 helped me! thanks!
the new SSD was not showing up in the file explorer,
all it needed was to format the SSD

[raymundofantastico]

I think my phone detected the hard drive and not the Windows 11 computer I have. On my phone, it said that because the it does not support the type of SSD I have inserted with the enclosure, I need to format it. Does this mean thay once I do, I can use it?

[abhijeetsrivastava]

Heyy👋 I have a new SanDisk SSD 1tb which has a lot of important data stored in it, a lot of it, and suddenly it stopped showing on my PC I tried everything you told me and also tried a lot of other methods but still nothing is working. Please help. There is a lot of important data stored in my SSD, please help me🙏🙏

[DOODOOMAN]

It’s 2024. Technology has come a long way and you’d think things would be somewhat more simple nowadays but it’s not, nothing ever is.

[MultiChanelo]

Thanks alot, this really helped me much and took me out of trouble on 2 HP G9 Desktops : change BIOS SATA emulation from RAID to AHCI. God bless you for sharing the tips!

[notdaniics]

I’m trying to add a Samsung 850 EVO SSD with my current Windows HDD. When both the HDD and SSD are connected my monitor shows "No Signal" and stays on a black screen even after waiting 10-15 minutes Booting with just the HDD works fine

[butimbetterthantony]

So i can see my ssd as g drive on my computer, but i cannot see it in bios. Can anyone help with this issue?

[edisonuwumukiza]

Hi, last option worked. Thanks for your help

[BoraiRai]

how about external ssd not showing up in windows 11?

[kingbaboon]

I'm trying to recover data from the SSD of my old laptop, but the SSD is not showing up in my new laptop.