I'm a bit confused here. You're saying that when you look in the BIOS, you don't see any hard drive detected, but somehow you're able to install Windows onto it, and then you only see a partition error after Windows Setup reboots in order to boot from the drive? I'm not sure how you're installing Windows onto a drive that the BIOS doesn't even see, but if you haven't already, try completely un-initializing the disk before installing Windows by doing this:
1. Boot into Windows Setup media. 2. Before clicking Install Now, press Shift+F10 to open Command Prompt. 3. Enter these commands: diskpart list disk select disk X (replace X with the number for your SSD based on the output of list disk above) clean exit exit 4. Now proceed through Windows Setup and see what happens.
Here are some pictures on what was happening and the options in the bios. Also, I was able to get Windows installed now, but it's weird what is happening. When it first boots, it goes to a no boot device found. I click F1 to retry, and then it boots. It does this every time I boot up. I am not sure why it's doing this and no one has been able to fix it.
If you’re using Windows 10, you should disable Legacy Option ROMs and enable Secure Boot. Having the former enabled allows Legacy mode boot environments, and if you booted your Windows install media in Legacy mode, it would have installed Windows 10 on your system in Legacy mode, and UEFI would be better. I would make those changes, then delete the existing Windows Boot Manager entry, then perform the instructions I mentioned above again.
jphughan
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February 10th, 2018 14:00
I'm a bit confused here. You're saying that when you look in the BIOS, you don't see any hard drive detected, but somehow you're able to install Windows onto it, and then you only see a partition error after Windows Setup reboots in order to boot from the drive? I'm not sure how you're installing Windows onto a drive that the BIOS doesn't even see, but if you haven't already, try completely un-initializing the disk before installing Windows by doing this:
1. Boot into Windows Setup media.
2. Before clicking Install Now, press Shift+F10 to open Command Prompt.
3. Enter these commands:
diskpart
list disk
select disk X (replace X with the number for your SSD based on the output of list disk above)
clean
exit
exit
4. Now proceed through Windows Setup and see what happens.
SOLO-350Z
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February 10th, 2018 15:00
Here are some pictures on what was happening and the options in the bios. Also, I was able to get Windows installed now, but it's weird what is happening. When it first boots, it goes to a no boot device found. I click F1 to retry, and then it boots. It does this every time I boot up. I am not sure why it's doing this and no one has been able to fix it.
https://i.imgur.com/ugsxLzF.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/H8dy1U7.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/4YOC8g5.jpg
jphughan
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February 10th, 2018 17:00