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Why GPT and not MBR?

But this one works in the the other machines, so the problem is not with the drive but with this specific laptop. Yes, I can get a new one, both the SSD and/or a laptop, but it's the principles that matter as well. :)

250 Gigs.

Btw, here's the GParted in action. As you can see, no partitions detected other than those on the thumb drive. https://i.ibb.co/Vgd9rsn/Gparted.jpg

The latter, Diskpart detected it on EeePC via SATA to USB adapter. That and the internal SATA port in Thinkpad W500 are the only ways I can access or see the drive so far. No, I can't reach those parts on the board without tearing apart the whole laptop (I posted the pics before) and I don't...

I've just run clean and convert MBR commands again in diskpart, then initialized and formatted the drive. Nothing changed, BIOS doesn't recognize it, and W7 setup can't see the SSD both via SATA and USB connections. Before that, I did what you wrote pharma and same thing, message "Startup...

I used diskpart to wipe and Disc Management in Win7 to initialize disc and format it. Can I see in Disc Mngmnt whether it's MBR or GPT? Or how to check that in diskpart? I couldn't do it since the SSD is not recognizable there. Thanks for this. I have Win7 disc, I will install W7 to see if...

I don't have the disc, here's what I get after booting with USB key and choosing repair startup in the setup options. https://i.ibb.co/qsyVcZ2/After-repair-option.jpg After this, it can't get into W10 setup from USB like it did before.

I finally tried clean installing W10 on SSD working laptop and putting the installed SSD back in G550. Nope, same thing, not detected at all. Well, of it goes to the repair shop. Not sure I can do anything else with my available tools regarding orangepelupa's suggestion about the voltage deviation.

There is no Windows menu because I can't get into Windows at all.

I am pressing F8 but nothing happens, no safe mode. I am guessing it can only work with a BIOS detected drive.

Nope, will try it later today. That is F8 right?

On all of them, 3 enabled/disabled, Power on display with LCD only/Auto-selected and SATA mode selection with AHCI/IDE choice. Of those related to the issue, disabling WLAN and changing SATA mode does nothing.

No, you can only move it up and down the boot priority list. Btw, yesterday I bought the SATA to USB adapter and tried booting with the USB HDD option at the top of the boot order, it doesn't work, while it gets recognized and works in Windows on the other laptop. On the other hand, booting...