Question Can't use SSD as External Drive? Samsung 860 EVO via SATA to USB.

[chrisstruthers]

I just got a new PC, and I can't really be bothered installing my old SSD in it as it's just a lot of hassle to get into the PSU (it has a shroud over it).

The SSD in question is not a boot drive, if that matters. It just has a bunch of files on it that I want and I want to keep using the SSD as a storage drive.

Due to this I bought a SATA to USB cable. It seems like the cable works, but I can't actually access the SSD.

Under Device Management it shows as "Best USB Device", and in the details of this it correctly states that it's a Samsung 860 EVO 500GB SSD. It also shows up as this under Disk Drives in Device Manager.
But under both Disk Management and This PC, I can't actually see the drive at all so I am unable to assign it in Disk Management.

Screenshots:

https://imgur.com/a/Ir5JD7h

View: https://imgur.com/a/Ir5JD7h

Cable: https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B01N2JIQR7/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

If anyone has any idea how to get this working, it'd be greatly appreciated.

 

[popatim]

The 'cable' link goes to an amazon search .
Please link to the one you bought.

 

[chrisstruthers]

It links the the product when I click on it.

Anyway, there must be a problem with the SSD because I tried a different cable and enclosure, still the same issue. I can see it everywhere apart from Disk Management and this PC. The drive was working perfectly fine before I removed it from my previous PC though.

 

[chrisstruthers]

I found some more information. I ran "DISKPART.exe" and it shows there too as "invalid", I drived reactivating it through there but it says there are no volumes. The PC seems to know everything about the drive including the model number and the storage etc.

https://imgur.com/a/B4ZzTsn

View: https://imgur.com/a/B4ZzTsn


Not sure if it's a lost cause though.