M.2 SSD not recognized by Windows 7 Ult installation

I've installed a Crucial M500 480GB SSD in the M.2 slot on an ASRock Z87 Extreme6 motherboard. When I try to install Windows 7 Ult on it, the drive doesn't show; but with diskpart, it shows as drive 0 (which I can select). When I list the volumes, the Blu-Ray drive shows as volume 0 and the SSD as volume 1 (in both cases the SSD shows with size 0).

All interactions I've tried on the SSD result in:
Virtual Disk Service error: There is no media in the device.

How can i get around this and install Windows on it?

FrankvdR

Posted 2015-01-13T22:23:24.403

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Soundsike your trying to access the optical drive, put a disk with data in the drive, the repeat what you tried to confidm – Ramhound – 2015-01-14T03:30:30.543

Answers

Have you tried the ASROCK driver for when you go through the Windows Installation?

It could well be that Windows 7 does not recognise the SATA controller and you need to use the FLOPPY driver (as per older times of press F6 for driver) to be able to 'see' the controller, therefore hard drive, correctly?

Asrock site for your driver ... look down the list to SATA Floppy Image

http://www.asrock.com/mb/Intel/Z87%20Extreme6/?cat=Download&os=Win764

Kevin Davidson

Posted 2015-01-13T22:23:24.403

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p.s. I would have done this as a comment to your question but I am not allowed to ... yet – Kevin Davidson – 2015-01-14T04:00:08.000

Thanks for your answers but they weren't it. When i switched the M.2 SSD to the second M.2 slot on the motherboard it worked just fine. The Windows 7 installation process recognized the drive and it installed without a hitch. Thanks anyway for your suggestions. Frank.

FrankvdR

Posted 2015-01-13T22:23:24.403

Reputation: 1