Another similar reason is that you might have set the wrong SATA storage controller mode/protocol (IDE, AHCI, ATA, RAID etc.) for your SSD or you had installed the SSD as a HDD in the BIOS. SSDs are a recent breakthrough newer than most motherboards hence the storage controller drivers of your motherboard might not be compatible and will need updating. One is that the storage controller drivers might not be compatible. There are several reasons why your SSD might not be showing in disk management but shows in BIOS. Why the SSD does not show up in disk management This article will explain why this happens and how to resolve it. Further investigation shows the SSD in the BIOS or device manager, but not in disk management or ‘diskpart’ hence there is no way to format it. However, in some cases, the SSD does not show up in disk management. After installing a new SATA SSD, you will need to format it from the Windows disk management utility. Desktop and some laptops provide an extra SATA connection for this purpose.
Crucial, Samsung and Scandisk make some of the affordable SSDs but since they are of low storage capacity, they are used as a second disk or as the primary disk in conjunction with a large capacity HDD. Solid state drives (SSD) are taking over with their superior speed, low power consumption and lower temperatures.
