Question External Drive Reinstalled as Internal Drive

[Badger51]

Running Windows 10



New computer



In my prior PC, I had a E: Drive as an internal drive.



While setting up my new PC, I temporarily used the HD as an external USB drive.



To my recollection, no changes were made to the disk.



When I installed the HD as an internal drive today, it is not recognized.



It has power but doesn't how up under Disk Management or File Explorer.



Any ideas?



thanks in advance

 

[fzabkar]

Can you show us the Partitions tab in DMDE?

https://dmde.com/

 

[Badger51]

https://imgur.com/a/gydLpZT

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

 

[Badger51]

https://imgur.com/a/3l15Hla

View: https://imgur.com/a/3l15Hla

 

[fzabkar]

You need to select a Physical Device, not a Logical Disk.

If your drive doesn't appear as a Physical Device in DMDE, then something is physically wrong with it.

If you are unable to obtain a SMART report (eg CrystalDiskInfo, GSmartControl), then this would also suggest a physical problem.

 

[Misgar]

It's possible the USB hard disk caddy employed "sector translation".

Fit the drive back into the caddy and see if you can read the data.

https://goughlui.com/2013/10/02/experiment-usb-to-sata-bridge-chips-and-2tb-drives/

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Does it show in device manager?

 

[Badger51]

Belated report......vagaries of computers....

When I tried again, after copying all the data, it was recognized properly.

All is well

Thanks for the assistance