XPS 8930 will not recognize Samsung 970 pro NVMe M.2 SSD  

I have this $300 ssd and now it wont even appear on the Computer drives list.
( Samsung 970 pro 1T NVMe M.2 SSD )
Windows 10 Home . The Dell has the ssd slot ; I connected it and fastened the screw . The driver software from Samsung wont even install, it gave me a error report mid way through. For it to even get that far in bios settings I turned off raid because other websites suggested that . I turned on something else I forget .

But still nothing. I have the Samsung magic drive software and that does not even see it .
Not at my wits ends, but almost.
Any help trouble shooting this problem is greatly appreciated..

Golden said:

Is the 970 NVme installed in the PCI-E slot on the motherboard?

There are two PCIE express X1 and another X4 which are too big for the ssd i got here.
The place i installed is marked " m.2 ssd " .

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Can I use Computer Management ; to add the drive ? or recognize it ? Ive not used that in such a long time i cant recall if that is a option.

Golden said:

See if it is visible in Computer Management.

i think it is visible i will check and post a picture after this post . and i tried one last time to install the Samsung nvme m.2 driver from their website. and it installed this time. now when i look at the Samsung magic software, it appears. BUT it says no volumes found ?

I drew a question mark on the drive i think represents the m.2 nvme ssd ?



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Golden said:

You need to partition it first in order for volumes to show.

how do i partition a ssd without messing it up ? Im a noob when it comes to this sort of thing .

Golden said:

Yes, it looks like that is the drive. What do you plan on doing with it? Install an OS to it? Store data on it?

i right clicked to show properties and for sure its the drive in question. I plan to play games from it : Destiny 2,
Star citizen , Apex , Titian fall 2 , etc. And run photo editing and digital drawing software from it .

I might install windows 10 onto it at some later time .



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Success. I went through with the process in Disk Management to make a partition to allocate a drive letter to it .
It now appears both in windows 10 drives and Samsung Magic .
I think GPT, or GUID Partition Table was presented as a option at one point but i did not see it this time i went through with the full process. Overall it appears I can use this now. Whether or not its configured to run at peek performance will have to be a question for a different day.