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G752VT: Help! Cannot Reinstall Windows 10! Ssd 128gb Not Found!

UniversalWolf21
Level 7
Alright, so I was doing a bit of editing around within system32, things I've done before without a hassle so I didn't bother to make a restore point (I can already feel you guys rolling your eyes at me...)

Well, I restarted the computer, and when I got back to the login screen.... Constant flashing of gray and black.

That's fine, go into recovery options from boot, click on fix windows startup.... But it can't fix anything. I try to 'reset' the computer while keeping all of my files... "This drive is locked." I go into BIOS to adjust the settings in every way that would unlock it. Still locked. I give up and go for a full reset... "An error has occurred. No changes have been made."

I tried to completely reinstall windows 10 via my UEFI USB boot, and it can't find the m2 ssd now... But it shows up in my bios.

I took another HDD and installed 10 on there perfectly fine, and then went into disk manager, and the m2 ssd is not showing still. Then I tried Samsung magician. Nothing. Master Partition. Nothing. It's like the thing isn't there at all, the only thing that actually sees the ssd now is the bios, and that is only if I go under the raid list. Yet in the description. It says it is a "Non-Raid Physical Disk".

I don't know what I am missing, I don't know what to do. I'm on the verge of just sending this back and waiting on my replacement, but with school starting back up in 2 weeks, I do not want to take that chance...

Does anyone know what I can do? Because I've been researching for the past 3 hours, switching in and out drives and everything, and I still cannot get it to show up for installation. 😞
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UniversalWolf21
Level 7
Nothing is working. The CTRL+I does absolutely nothing, and that is after 20+ restarts. I've tried pressing and releasing, constantly tapping same time, off-set-time, holding them down and letting them go, holding them down the whole time after pressing the power button, holding them down after seeing POST, I won't list them all but I know for sure that this RAID menu isnt on my computer.

The other post with the guy saying that he got through with the Intel Drivers, I have downloaded multiple varities of those same drivers and it does nothing for me. Windows installation loads the drivers but my SSD still does not show up.

Windows 8 was not preinstalled on the computer, I just wanted to see if using a different OS made a difference. And it did not, the drive didn't show under the Windows 8 install either (after bypassing the Windows Key page.)

At this point I am a lost cause. Nothing works and the way this is going, nothing will. I don't even know how Asus managed to get Windows installed on the SSD if I can't do the same.

UniversalWolf21 wrote:
Nothing is working. The CTRL+I does absolutely nothing, and that is after 20+ restarts. I've tried pressing and releasing, constantly tapping same time, off-set-time, holding them down and letting them go, holding them down the whole time after pressing the power button, holding them down after seeing POST, I won't list them all but I know for sure that this RAID menu isnt on my computer.

The other post with the guy saying that he got through with the Intel Drivers, I have downloaded multiple varities of those same drivers and it does nothing for me. Windows installation loads the drivers but my SSD still does not show up.

Windows 8 was not preinstalled on the computer, I just wanted to see if using a different OS made a difference. And it did not, the drive didn't show under the Windows 8 install either (after bypassing the Windows Key page.)

At this point I am a lost cause. .

A. follow up the 2nd thread with similar topic.
B. try these drivers... I dunno what is your chipset... so dunno to tell you what to download.
what i do know is that this forum contains other thread with INTEL RAID drivers...
C. Contact asus support, tell them that there isn't any FAQ on how to toggle RAID to AHCI.
D. Contact asus support, tell them that there isn't any FAQ on how to toggle RAID to AHCI.
E. spam asus with complains, as they should invest in their costumers with better manuals and FAQ at their official support page.
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Gps3dx
Level 12
See this thread.
and also this post... as I wrote.. contact asus.
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Julskey
Level 10
If this is G752, you cant change sata mode, it's always in raid.

UniversalWolf21
Level 7
I did something that I never thought would work, but HOLY BLEEP DID IT WORK.

I cloned the installation of Windows 10 I did from the other HDD (which I had taken from my PS4) and then cloned it to the SSD. Since the SSD couldn't be seen within the Windows Installation, why not just have it thrown onto there, right? So I tried it using Reflect, and then I rebooted, held down ESC to have an option on what to boot from, AND THE SSD SHOWED UP.

I will try seeing if it will show up within Windows 10 installation so I can just do a clean install, but I know now that if I screw it up somehow, I can just clone it from another drive to get it back up in running one way or another.

UniversalWolf21
Level 7
Sorry for the double post, but I do have one more tiny problem. Well, I guess it is tiny depending on how you take it.

So these computers came preinstalled with Windows Home. That's perfectly fine. However, when I was doing the reinstall for Windows 10, it never gave me an option on which one I wanted. It just installed Pro by default.

So now that I've FINALLY GOTTEN THROUGH the hard part.... my Windows isnt activated because it isnt the one that came with the computer.

So I guess the struggle now is.... how do I install the right one if the Windows 10 Installation doesn't give me a choice?

Julskey
Level 10
When you download windows 10 from Microsoft, you have to specify which version and what system (32 or 64 bit). Download your correct windows version.

UniversalWolf21
Level 7
I used the free Win10 key my college gave me for being a student there. It was for the Education version, so now all I have to do is remove the watermark and I think I will be all set.

Windows 10 Education would be considered superior to Windows 10 Home, right?

UniversalWolf21 wrote:
I used the free Win10 key my college gave me for being a student there. It was for the Education version, so now all I have to do is remove the watermark and I think I will be all set.

Windows 10 Education would be considered superior to Windows 10 Home, right?


answer here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_10_editions#Comparison_chart
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Gps3dx
Level 12
UniversalWolf21 wrote:
Does anyone know what I can do? Because I've been researching for the past 3 hours, switching in and out drives and everything, and I still cannot get it to show up for installation. 😞


I'm about 99% sure now... after some reading for the last few days... that the G752VT does NOT include AHCI option instead of RAID.
this is because the intel's CM236 chipset...
thus, you need to provide MS windows installation either RAID or NVMe drivers so it can see the SSD you wish to install it on.
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