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    Alienware 15 R3 Evo 960 SSD Drive Installation

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by cowmoohard, Dec 30, 2016.

  1. cowmoohard

    cowmoohard Notebook Enthusiast

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    After I stick the Evo 960 SSD drive and format it, the bios and disk management can see the ssd.

    When I boot up Samsung Magician, it won't detect it. Not sure why.
    I cloned the HD to SSD and I have to unplug the HD in order for the SSD to boot.

    Now I'm trying to do a clean install, the SSD just isn't listed in the partition. I put the samsung NVME driver 2.0 on the boot drive as well as an external drive, but the load driver on windows 10 can't find it.

    Any suggestions where to go from here so I can do a clean install? maybe I should just use the built in "Recovery" feature?
     
    cowmoohard, Dec 30, 2016
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  2. Spin360

    Spin360 Notebook Enthusiast

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    You probably need to create a partition on it.

    Press Start - type computer

    Go to Computer Management

    Under Storage go to Disk Management

    All drives should be listed there. Check for the new 960 Evo and if it says "Unallocated Space" or something then right click and create partition (might be called differently).

    So, just an idea, maybe it works.
     
    Spin360, Dec 30, 2016
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