Question External SSD fell out of laptop and won’t let computer boot when plugged in

[Thelushomega67]

I was gaming on my laptop and my ssd disconnected as I tilted the laptop too quickly. My windows is in my internal ssd but it will only boot if I don’t have the external plugged in. Device manager sees it but disk manager doesn’t. I can’t access it through bios since it won’t go past the initial boot screen if I start it with the ssd in. I have to boot it and then plug it in. If you know how I can wipe it with these things blocking my way, I’d appreciate the help.

Edit: the ssd is a seagate game drive SRD00F1. It’s made for PlayStation 4s but I formatted it and have been using it for my laptop.

 

[rgd1101]

brand and model of hte external ssd?

 

[JayGau]

If you put something else like a usb flash drive or a mouse in that usb port does it boot? And you say that Windows disk manager can't see it? So even if you plug it in after you booted you still can't read it? Can you try to read it with another computer? And what do you mean by "pulled the usb out of its socket"? Did it break the usb port or did it just get disconnected?

 

[Thelushomega67]

It’s a seagate srd00f1

brand and model of hte external ssd?

 

[Thelushomega67]

If you put something else like a usb flash drive or a mouse in that usb port does it boot? And you say that Windows disk manager can't see it? So even if you plug it in after you booted you still can't read it? Can you try to read it with another computer? And what do you mean by "pulled the usb out of its socket"? Did it break the usb port or did it just get disconnected?

The same usb port works with my mouse.
Disk manager can’t BUT device manager can for some strange reason
I’ll try to put it into another computer when I get home
And it was just disconnected.