topic I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could. in Solid State Drives (NAND)

I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

BGrif9 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 02:10:21 GMT

I got this m.2 about a month ago and it has worked fine until recently. I have uninstalled and reinstalled the drive i have looked thorough disk management and it dose not seem to appear anywhere in windows but it dose seem to show up in bios.

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

LeonWaksman — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:46:39 GMT

Did you try to check with Intel SSD ToolBox Utility? https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/29205/Intel-Solid-State-Drive-Toolbox

Leon

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

BGrif9 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 04:51:45 GMT

Yes and sadly it only seems to pick up my other drives. The Intel one dose not appear here.

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

LeonWaksman — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:27:41 GMT

Since the drive is recognized in Bios, but not in Windows, probably failed. You may request a replace it. Check your Warranty coverage here: https://supporttickets.intel.com/warrantyinfo?lang=en-US
You may also see if you can find your drive using diskpart utility:
Click on Windows + R keys and run diskpart command. Command Prompt window should open.
In the prompt write list disk and click on enter. You should see list of all recognized drives.

Leon

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

n_scott_pearson — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:42:39 GMT

Did you by any chance, accidentally or on purpose, disable UEFI boot in BIOS Setup? I would check BIOS Setup to be sure; UEFI boot is a requirement for M.2 NVMe SSD support.

Hope this helps,

...S

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

BGrif9 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:48:44 GMT

So I figured it out but it's quite anticlimactic. It was a driver update. Now I tried this same update on atleast 5 separate occasions but it always said I had the most up to date driver. Now I do it and suddenly within 3 seconds I can view and acsess my m.2 like nothing was ever wrong with it.

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

BGrif9 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:49:10 GMT

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

AlHill — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 05:55:46 GMT

I am glad you have it working, but I am doubtful that this was the issue.

Doc

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

BGrif9 — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:03:59 GMT

I think the underlying issue might have been with the new windows update as the timeline seems to match. Regardless it's working for now.

Re: I am having trouble with my intel 660 2 TB m.2. I initially formatted it and if worked just fine, but in the past week or two I can't seem to find it anywhere but in bios. I have tried updating drivers and everything else that I could.

n_scott_pearson — Wed, 22 Jan 2020 14:46:57 GMT

Yet another driver screwed up during a Windows 10 upgrade? Why aren't I surprised...

...S