Looks like I'm going to reinstall again lol. I couldn't get my 960 to show in uefi mode because raid was turned on and couldn't find a driver. Yes I'm sure it's the same for the 960 I just did mine today.
You'd still need to re-install Dell/Alienware software and wipe out the original 1TB HDD to set it up as my storage drive. Following the installation, a couple of Windows Updates installed most of missing Drivers.
The second time everything worked and windows 10 installed on 950 Pro successively.ġ1. So I shut-down the laptop and repeated the process from Step 7. Follow the promps to complete installation !ġ0. Note: once I completed step 9, my windows installation went fine for a few minutes and then failed with some ‘unable to read drive’ warning.
Select the larger partition of the SSD to start the Windows 10 installation.
The driver installation will take about a minute to complete, then you should see partitions of the Samsung 950 PRO (listed under Disk 1 or something similar with the similar capacity as your SSD).
3a) Using this Media Creation Tool will ask you to pick from 2 options: A) Upgrade this PC now, or B) Create installation media for another PC.Find with google or use this Microsoft Canada link to download: Create Windows Installation USB using Microsoft Media Creation tool. I took the screw from my old Studio XPS laptop used to hold down wireless bluetooth card.ģ. It is smaller than the screw used to install 2.5” SSD or HDDs in laptops. This screw is commonly used in laptops to install wireless cards. The screw needed to install the M.2 SSD is CM2x3-3.3.So for faster read/write speeds use slot#1. Other forums say that slot #1 has x4 lanes but slot #2 has only x2.Install Samsung 950 PRO (NVMe) drive in the laptop in the Slot #1 labeled “NGFF SSD1”. Install latest BIOS from Dell/Alienware Support websiteĢ. Following steps worked for me to clean install Windows 10 on Samsung Pro 950 NVMe SSD on Alienware 17 R3.Ĭritical step was step 4 to ensure you have the Intel Rapid Storage Technology (Intel RST) RAID Driver files handy or your nvme drive might not be recognized by windows installation.ġ.