Solved I have a new PC with VMD enabled. I have a second SSD for extra storage that my PC can't see.


paladin181

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I bought a prebuilt gaming PC from a retailer.

I need help adding the SSD to my PC. I have installed the Samsung 990 EVO Plus 2TB SSD into the M2_2 slot of my ASUS B760M motherboard. VMD is enabled on the PC (by default), and the motherboard can't see the SSD. The main drive is also a SSD installed in the M.2_1 slot.

If I disable VMD, I get Boot device inaccessible BSOD on start-up, but the Samsung 2TB SSD is visible in the BIOS menu. How can I have both devices working on this PC? I really don't want to reinstall Windows if it's not necessary.

How can I get my PC to see this secondary storage SSD?
 
Windows Build/Version
Windows 11 Home 25H2

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF Processor (8x 3.80 GHz /16MB L3
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS ELITE - ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (6 Type-A), M.2 Slot (2)
    Memory
    32 GB [8 GB x4] DDR4-3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 (VR-Ready)
    Sound Card
    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy FX [PCIE] -- 5.1 Channels, 192KHz/24-bit
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-14400F CPU
    Motherboard
    ASUS B760 WiFi
    Memory
    16GB DDR5-5200
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce RTX 5060 - 8GB

My Computer

System One

  • OS
    Windows 10
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    HP
    CPU
    Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4800MQ CPU @ 2.70GHz
    Motherboard
    Product : 190A Version : KBC Version 94.56
    Memory
    16 GB Total: Manufacturer : Samsung MemoryType : DDR3 FormFactor : SODIMM Capacity : 8GB Speed : 1600
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA Quadro K3100M; Intel(R) HD Graphics 4600
    Sound Card
    IDT High Definition Audio CODEC; PNP Device ID HDAUDIO\FUNC_01&VEN_111D&DEV_76E0
    Hard Drives
    Model Hitachi HTS727575A9E364
    Antivirus
    Microsoft Defender
    Other Info
    Mobile Workstation
  1. Open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
  2. Reboot and enter the BIOS.
  3. Disable VMD (switch the BIOS Utility from EZ Mode to Advanced Mode by pressing F7, click [System Agent(SA) Configuration] item on Advanced page, click [VMD setup menu] item, change [Enable VMD controller] to Disabled).
  4. Save and reboot.
  5. After Windows successfully boots into Safe Mode, open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
  6. Reboot one last time. If you open the Device Manager, there should now be a Standard NVM Express Controller device under Storage Controllers.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Asus TUF Gaming F16 (2024)
    CPU
    i7 13650HX
    Memory
    16GB DDR5
    Graphics Card(s)
    GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
    Sound Card
    Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
    Screen Resolution
    3840×2160
    Hard Drives
    512GB SSD internal
    37TB external
    PSU
    Li-ion
    Cooling
    2× Arc Flow Fans, 4× exhaust vents, 5× heatpipes
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800
    Mouse
    Logitech G402
    Internet Speed
    30Mbit/s up, 500Mbit/s down
    Browser
    FF
    Antivirus
    What's an antivirus?
  • Operating System
    11 Home
    Computer type
    Laptop
    Manufacturer/Model
    Medion S15450
    CPU
    i5 1135G7
    Memory
    16GB DDR4
    Graphics card(s)
    Intel Iris Xe
    Sound Card
    Eastern Electric MiniMax DAC Supreme; Emotiva UMC-200; Astell & Kern AK240
    Monitor(s) Displays
    Sony Bravia XR-55X90J
    Screen Resolution
    3840×2160
    Hard Drives
    2TB SSD internal
    37TB external
    PSU
    Li-ion
    Keyboard
    Logitech K800
    Mouse
    Logitech G402
    Internet Speed
    30Mbit/s up, 500Mbit/s down
    Browser
    FF
hdmi said:
  1. Open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
  2. Reboot and enter the BIOS.
  3. Disable VMD (switch the BIOS Utility from EZ Mode to Advanced Mode by pressing F7, click [System Agent(SA) Configuration] item on Advanced page, click [VMD setup menu] item, change [Enable VMD controller] to Disabled).
  4. Save and reboot.
  5. After Windows successfully boots into Safe Mode, open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
  6. Reboot one last time. If you open the Device Manager, there should now be a Standard NVM Express Controller device under Storage Controllers.
Click to expand...
I will try this, thank you.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF Processor (8x 3.80 GHz /16MB L3
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS ELITE - ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (6 Type-A), M.2 Slot (2)
    Memory
    32 GB [8 GB x4] DDR4-3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 (VR-Ready)
    Sound Card
    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy FX [PCIE] -- 5.1 Channels, 192KHz/24-bit
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-14400F CPU
    Motherboard
    ASUS B760 WiFi
    Memory
    16GB DDR5-5200
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce RTX 5060 - 8GB
hdmi said:
  1. Open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /set {current} safeboot minimal
  2. Reboot and enter the BIOS.
  3. Disable VMD (switch the BIOS Utility from EZ Mode to Advanced Mode by pressing F7, click [System Agent(SA) Configuration] item on Advanced page, click [VMD setup menu] item, change [Enable VMD controller] to Disabled).
  4. Save and reboot.
  5. After Windows successfully boots into Safe Mode, open an elevated command prompt and run:
    bcdedit /deletevalue {current} safeboot
  6. Reboot one last time. If you open the Device Manager, there should now be a Standard NVM Express Controller device under Storage Controllers.
Click to expand...
This worked, thank you.
 

My Computers

System One System Two

  • OS
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i7-10700KF Processor (8x 3.80 GHz /16MB L3
    Motherboard
    GIGABYTE Z490 AORUS ELITE - ARGB Header (2), USB 3.2 Ports (6 Type-A), M.2 Slot (2)
    Memory
    32 GB [8 GB x4] DDR4-3000
    Graphics Card(s)
    NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 - 8GB GDDR6 (VR-Ready)
    Sound Card
    Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy FX [PCIE] -- 5.1 Channels, 192KHz/24-bit
  • Operating System
    Windows 11
    Computer type
    PC/Desktop
    CPU
    Intel® Core™ i5-14400F CPU
    Motherboard
    ASUS B760 WiFi
    Memory
    16GB DDR5-5200
    Graphics card(s)
    GeForce RTX 5060 - 8GB
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