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You may also want to check Device Manager, Disk Drives and confirm that it shows up there if you don't see it in Disk Manager (as Mohammed has suggested).
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You may also want to check Device Manager, Disk Drives and confirm that it shows up there if you don't see it in Disk Manager (as Mohammed has suggested).

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I just installed an SSD drive 2 1/2" Samsung and want to assign it a letter and then format it. &nbsp;Where can I do this? &nbsp;I can't see the drive in windows. &nbsp;Only in the F2 bios screen.
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I just installed an SSD drive 2 1/2" Samsung and want to assign it a letter and then format it.  Where can I do this?  I can't see the drive in windows.  Only in the F2 bios screen.

Windows 10 Pro on a Lenovo legion 5 laptop - I just added an SSD drive but can't see it in Windows.  I CAN see it in BIOS

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