# Getting Windows 10 to recognize M.2 SSD

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-windows-10-to-recognize-m-2-ssd/823813>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [November 1, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-windows-10-to-recognize-m-2-ssd/823813 "2018-11-01T00:05:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-windows-10-to-recognize-m-2-ssd/823813/1 "2018-11-01T00:05:16Z")

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Simple thing, I hope.

I just installed an M.2 SSD onto my motherboard.

It shows up in the BIOS.

It doesn’t show up in Windows 10.

Is there a special trick to getting Windows to notice it?

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**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-windows-10-to-recognize-m-2-ssd/823813/2 "2018-11-01T00:19:07Z")

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It’s probably just not allocated yet.

See if you see it in “Disk Management”.

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**Author:** ![Mister\_Rik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mister_rik/32/491_2.png) [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\
**Post date:** [November 1, 2018, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-windows-10-to-recognize-m-2-ssd/823813/3 "2018-11-01T00:34:30Z")

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Thanks, that did the trick. Just needed to initialize it and whatnot 🙂