SSD does not show up on windows 10 installation process

Question

I want to reinstall my windows, which is currently installed on my SSD which is 256gb but it's not showing up on the format page in the installation process. Any ideas why, only the HDD appears ?

Liky · Answer

I solved my problem, I changed in BIOS from an option from RAID to UEFI. Since I have 1 SSD and 1 HDD does this RAID option in bios do anything ? It is there to synchronize multiple SSDs right ?

Tesla1856 · Answer

1. I changed in BIOS from an option from RAID to UEFI.

2. Since I have 1 SSD and 1 HDD does this RAID option in bios do anything ?

3. It is there to synchronize multiple SSDs right ?

1. Possibly (not sure what machine you have or it's BIOS options). However, the selection was probably more like:

RAID or AHCI

and the other is:

Legacy or UEFI.

For that drive config ... while RAID will work, I think AHCI is better if machine supports it.

For Windows-7, select Legacy if you want.

For Windows-8 and 10, select UEFI and SecureBoot.

2 and 3. Yes, it selects RAID mode. Not optimal if not RAID-ing drives.

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