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SATA Hard drives not visible.
I have upgraded to Windows 11. Clean install. Operating system is on M2 SSD. After the upgrade only the M2 drive is visible. All of my other drives aren't accessible. They show in the BIOS but not in Device Manager or Disk Management. Bios is up to date. Serial ATA Controller in Device Manager shows error and will not allow an update. Tried to manually load SATA driver but no joy.
Having a backup drive that I can't access defeats the object. Any ideas to allow access to my other drives gratefully received.
(MSI MAG Z690 Tomahawk, Intel Core I5 - 12600KF)
Since the drives are visible in the BIOS, check if the SATA mode is set to the right configuration. Common modes include AHCI, IDE, and RAID. If it’s set to RAID, and you haven’t set up a RAID configuration, switch it to AHCI, save the changes, and reboot.
If all else fails, you might consider performing a system restore (if a restore point exists) or a reset of your Windows installation to see if that resolves the issues.
Ensure your SATA mode is set to AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface). You can check this in the BIOS setup. Typically, you enter the BIOS setup by pressing F1, F2, F12, or Del while booting.
After trying everything possible, I came across a solution that helped me. Redownloading the sata driver with this intel link https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/download/19512/intel-rapid-storage-technology-driver-installation-software-with-intel-optane-memory-10th-and-11th-gen-platforms.html
you missed an option could solve it faster ... anyway. dont ask will not tell.
Thanks for your helpful response. I bet everyone is over rhe moon with the help you offer.
- Update. I have given up trying to get SATA to work. I have purchased another M2 SSD drive and a SATA to USB3 enclosure and am transferring data from the SATA drives. All working OK. A cheaper option than binning the Windows system and buying an iMac, although I'm tempted.
- Glad you got it working.
Alabamatom1963 Thanks but I didn't really. I just bypassed the problem. I'm less than impressed with Windows 11. A number of things have gone wrong since I changed from 10. Microsoft either don't care or are generally incompetent.
I hear very few complaints from friends and relatives with Apple systems. Cost seems to be the only real setback.
Alabamatom1963 thanks for the response and the link. I had seen and tried all of the suggestions. The core problem is a missing or corrupted SATA controller driver and nothing I have tried has enabled me to update or reload it.
Did u try to update Windows after? I mean some newest update, to see if this problem been solved? I have exactly same problem but just now (Jan 25) so i just want to know if i can wait for next patches or not...thanks for answer.
