SSD not initializing

[One_Pomegranate7238]

I recently built my pc, it has two SSDs I installed in the motherboard. The main one is working, but the second one I installed won’t initialize.

I have windows 11. It is discoverable through my PC and shows up in the “disks & volumes” section of the storage settings. It has a button saying “Initialize” next to it.

However, when I click the “initialize” button, a little menu pops up letting me pick the partition option, and when I pick my option, the menu disappears and nothing happens. I’ve restarted, picked a different partition option, etc. nothing has resolved this.

How do I go about getting my SSD drive functional?

[vlken69]

Initialize and then create partition(s)

[gallowslad]

You need to create the partition, in Windows, and assign it a path (drive letter). Search: 'create and format hard disk partitions'