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Hi guys.

Yesterday I installed an SSD for the first time, transferring my FSX installation seamlessly across from it's previous home on one of my HDDs. The only installation issue was the device driver not installing properly, but a pc reset or two solved that and the subsequent much faster loading of FSX was very welcome.

 

That was yesterday. Today my pc thinks it doesn't have an SSD, and no matter what I try to do, I can't get it to recognise it's new component. Any ideas? Nothing has changed since yesterday's installation - I haven't even put the side panel back on the case yet - and I can't see how anything could have changed in the software installation either.

 

Any suggestions? I'm grounded until someone finds my SSD for me lol.

 

Cheers,

SkipperMac

 

EDIT: Here's a thought - iTunes updated this morning and required a reset (pc wasn't turned off since yesterday). When it rebooted I noticed my desktop 'flying' icons had gone generic and FSX couldn't load ... hence discovering the SSD wasn't being recognised today. Could it be something to do with the iTunes update? Drivers messing about? :(


SkipperMac

 

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Is it visible in the BIOS / EFI setup?

 

Cheers!

Luke


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I'd start by removing and reconnecting both the power and data cables, and if that doesn't work, I'd swap them for another.  A bad or intermittent cable connection has made drives disappear on me before.

 

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Ok, "found" it again :)

I set the BIOS so I could hot plug the two spare SATA ports, and after a bit of cable wriggling I 'heard' the SSD being found. Now we're up and running again ... with a couple of better quality cables on order!

Thanks for the help guys, I was thinking the worst with a dead SSD in mind lol.


SkipperMac

 

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