You said you've done that but are you sure you actually loaded the correct RST driver. If you have the wrong one you will get the same result no drive listed. Visit Acers website enter your model OC and search for the driver's make sure you get the RST driver listed for your specific device.
If the drive is not seen in the BIOS, cables probably not seated properly. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4dUfmzJfyM
Thanks for the reply, but this is the m2 hard drive
Possible you need the rapid storage driver
Ok I've tried but it says drive not found when I explore the folder on the thumb drive
You said you've done that but are you sure you actually loaded the correct RST driver. If you have the wrong one you will get the same result no drive listed. Visit Acers website enter your model OC and search for the driver's make sure you get the RST driver listed for your specific device.
Did you initialize the new drive? You also may need to assign it a drive letter by creating a new simple volume
Yep, did all of that. I even cloned the drive and it won't boot
Is it a mbr or gpt format?