Crucial M4 128GB SSD not detected in MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) motherboard

[Akolekar]

Few days ago purchased the m4 SSD 128 GB and in that I have installed Windows 7. Later I didn’t the firmware upgrade from 002 to 009, and afterward upgrade the MSI Z68A-GD80 (B3) motherboard BIOS. At that time I got the error message saying "Missing operating system" and as afterward the BIOS do not notice m4SSD. I tried each and every one SATA connectors on the motherboard, lacking effect. How can I solve this problem?

[Quasim]

If you Windows cannot install itself is not an unreasonable for a SSD to pay price 75 euros, there is a lot of work to establish if recovery does not work. Missing operating system that it keeps the wrong boot disk or the boot sector which is not good. Recovery is not the best method to repair Windows. Surely you can do the repair with a Windows 7 USB / DVD before that.

[Cain]

Dive into the bios and the SATA controller look up at it or IDE mode or turn off the NATIVE mode.

Rarely did you choices and you cannot slipstream the driver, possibly with SP3 with nLite bv

AHCI controllers are mainly those of Intel or IDE mode or you can put it that, with other brands south bridges, you or the driver using F6 to load or to slipstream.

[Quasim]

What is missing is the program that loads the NT, the NTLDR.EXE, this is in the same partition NT is installed dode. You will have to install Windows on top of Windows, unless you get all the files found in "C: \" (if not partition where installed). Note that it is only the exception of swap files and folders.

[Langward]

Did you carry out a full CMOS clear following the BIOS flash, through the battery removed? How did you bring up to date the BIOS? As far as I know BIOS flash cannot injure the SSD. Connect a normal HDD to check.

[tacoflavour]

Did you fix the issue ?

I have exact same board and same drive with the same prob (mine is the 128gb though)