MilitaryGuru Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 Hey guys. So after my Corsair SSD F120GB2 fried, I sent in the RMA and just got it back. Everything is hooked up now, checked and found that the drive is appearing in BIOS correctly. Went to access it under 'Start > My computer' and cannot seem to locate it. The drive appears under 'Device Manager', so I know it is plugged in correctly. Can anyone help me out? Please refer to the attached photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synthohol Posted September 5, 2011 Share Posted September 5, 2011 reassign a lower drive # to it like p or s that should do the trick. you have 7 other devices taking up the prime drive letters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitaryGuru Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 How would I go about assigning? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synbios Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Disk Management Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitaryGuru Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Can you be a little more specific? I am stuck here. (attached photo) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xandypx Posted September 6, 2011 Share Posted September 6, 2011 Can you be a little more specific? I am stuck here. (attached photo) Based on your screenie, the SSD is neither partitioned/formatted nor initialized. the drive shown with the black band (111.79)GB. (Disk 1) Right click on the drive and select format. This will take you to the format wizard, select "simple disk", and then defaults, and ok.. at the end, it will ask you to assign the drive a drive letter. this should also initialize the drive (the band will turn from black to blue). If it does not, right click the drive, and this time select initialize. EDIT: If you want the SSD yto have a lower drtive letter (ie D:\) Right click on your current drive D:\ which is one of your CD optical drives, and select "change drive letter". Change it to F:\, or the next letter up that appears in the list. This will free up letter D: for you to assign to the SSD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitaryGuru Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 Thanks for the help, I was able to free up the letter for the SSD. But I cannot format the SSD like you have described, as the option is not available. See example one (picture 1) as I right clicked on the first drive the option appeared. Now in example two (picture 2) as I right clicked the SSD, the options are not available and there is no way to format the drive. Does it have to do with the "unallocated" mention? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MilitaryGuru Posted September 6, 2011 Author Share Posted September 6, 2011 I just used the 'create simple volume' option and now it is up and running. Thanks for the help all of you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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