Part 2 - Old SSD Not Detected in Windows Computer Video 2 - Initialize Disk and Fix Disk Not Detected Watch the following videos that may give you some clues when your ssd is not found in BIOS. Question: What if Kingston SSD is not showing up in BIOS? Disk cannot be initialized io device error.Some more related error fixings you may want to know Video - how to initialize and format a disk Set proper parameters for your SSD in the following steps.Right click your new ssd that was loaded on disk management, and select option 'initialize'.Right click THIS PC on your computer desktop icon -> Manage -> Disk Management.Firstly, install new SSD on computer, or insert external SSD to pc via usb socket.Getting the new ssd detected is easy and it can be done directly in disk managment. It may display unallocated disk in disk management. You may not know that a brand new hard disk drive or the new solid state drive will not directly show up in a computer in THIS PC or the file explorer since it's just not made to show up there directly. Part 1 - How to initialize a NEW Kingston SSD in Windows 11/10/8/7 You may try to fix it in the following part If it's an old SSD, it may have logical errors that stop from being detected.

If it's an SSD used in Windows computer, it won't show up in MAC (Some file systems used by SSD is not compatible with MAC machine).If it's a totally brand new Kingston ssd, it won't show up in computer directly, you need to initialize it in disk management at first, or you may also use cmd to get it initialized if you are a computer pro (We will include a following part (detailed guide) to show you how to initialize your new disk in disk management).The causes: There are different chances that your Kingston SSD may not show up in computer or device, for example. Old Kingston ssd no longer working/showing up - 4 Fixes.New Kingston SSD is not showing up in computer - how to initialize a new SSD.

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