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July 15th, 2025 16:28

SSD Not Detecting On My Optiplex 7040 SFF

Hello People,

So I bought a simmetronics 256GB SSD Drive and installed it to my Optiplex 7040 SFF but its not detecting that drive. but when I connect it to my laptop through extension it does detects someone please help me I want to download some files on my new drive.

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July 15th, 2025 19:43

Hi

I dont know what OS you have, so .....

the usual cause is missing SATA controller drivers for the motherboard rather than the SSD itself. In that case, you would need to download the SATA controller driver from your motherboard or system manufacturer. This situation can arise especially with older Windows versions or certain RAID configurations, but for most modern Windows installs and setups, no extra SSD driver is needed.

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July 16th, 2025 08:48

@anne_droid​ i have windows 10

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July 16th, 2025 10:48

Hi

Installed?

As a standalone bootable SSD?  As an additional SSD to the W10 installation?

Has it been formatted?  Just need a more of the finer details.

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July 17th, 2025 02:16

@anne_droid​ No i have a bootable SSD which is working but i also put an extra one for more storage which is not showing up not even in bios and on the second SSD i just want to store data and its not formatted and i cant do it too since its having my data

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