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    Installing 950 pro SSD on 17 r3??

    Discussion in '2015+ Alienware 13 / 15 / 17' started by DuncsGTi, May 4, 2016.

  1. DuncsGTi

    DuncsGTi Notebook Enthusiast

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    My new 17 arrived today as did my m.2 950 pro but i cant get windows to install on it?

    The ssd is detected in bios but whet i try to boot from a usb to install, it says windows cannot be installed on this drive. The selected drive is of the gpt partition style.

    Help :(
     
    DuncsGTi, May 4, 2016
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    look up diskpart and MBR
     
    danyune, May 4, 2016
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    OK, I converted the disk to MBR using diskpart, it still appears in Windows Explorer but now it has disappeared from the bios. When I try to install from USB it says that windows cannot be installed on this drive, check that it's controller is activated in bios?

    Have I just wasted £240 on a SSD which I can't use??
     
    DuncsGTi, May 5, 2016
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    Do a disk clean using diskpart and then try to install it again.

    Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-N915A using Tapatalk
     
    Zoltan@zTecpc, May 5, 2016
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    Have a read through this thread, it should help :)

    http://forum.notebookreview.com/thr...up-your-samsung-950-pro-m-2-ssd-17-r3.787205/
     
    sirleeofroy, May 6, 2016
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