SSD installation in T530i

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SSD installation in T530i

#1 Post by Gaming Vet » Wed May 29, 2013 7:55 am

I bought a T530i and had a spare ssd in my gaming PC which I thought I put in it but when I'm installing windows it says "No drives were found" any suggestions?

It is detected in the bios and even when I try to locate a driver it shows up as a drive in the browse menu so it's plugged in.

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Re: SSD installation in T530i

#2 Post by Rochefort » Thu May 30, 2013 6:38 am

Are you on AHCI mode ?
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Re: SSD installation in T530i

#3 Post by Gaming Vet » Thu May 30, 2013 11:35 am

I tried AHCI mode and Compatibility mode but neither worked

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Re: SSD installation in T530i

#4 Post by ZaZ » Thu May 30, 2013 2:53 pm

Did you try wiping the drive with Parted Magic?
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Re: SSD installation in T530i

#5 Post by Rochefort » Fri May 31, 2013 6:28 am

After wiping your SSD you can clone your previous HD on your SSD
After you can use Paragon Alignment Tool (free) :)
- IBM T60p/1,83 M/RAM:3 Gb/15' SXGA+ IPS Ati Fire GL V5250 256Mo /SSD Intel X25 E 32 GB /XP Pro
- HP 8740w - Core i5 540M 2.53 GHz - 17" LED WVA TFT 1920 x 1200 ( WUXGA ) NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M 1 GB GDDR3 SDRAM- Samsung 850 Pro 500 GB SSD

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