How to initialize an a SSD in an external USB enclosure?

[Jacques_10]

So I have a brand new, empty, non-initialized, non-partitioned, Crucial BX100 2.5 SSD, in an external enclosure USB enclosure.

So when I plug it in, the light comes on, windows USB recognizes that a device gas been plugged in, and I can see (in device manager) that a USB mass storage device has been added, but it complains that the device cannot be started. (Yellow triangle)

I tried installing a new driver by selecting one from my local machine, no joy. Still won't start, I assume that is because although Windows recognizes the mass storage device (the enclosure) - it does not know what to do with it, since the drive inside it is not initialized or partitioned.

When I go to disk management, it does not see the drive at all, even if I rescan / plug the device in and out.

So how would I go about initializing / partitioning the drive whilst it is still inside the enclosure, so that windows will recognize it in disk management? I don't want to go through the process of taking out my current HDD, replacing it with the SSD since I don't have a Windows install disk (my laptop did not come with one) and I actually want to use EaseUS Todo backup free to simply clone my current windows installl from my mechanical HDD to my SSD and THEN install it into my laptop.

My bios does have UEFI enabled and I am running windows 10.

Any ideas?

Thanks

J

 

[ArtPog]

1. The FIRST thing you should do is test the SSD with the Crucial Storage Executive diagnostic program to determine if the drive is defective or contains any problems.

2. Assuming it checks out OK, have you tried connecting the USB external enclosure to other USB ports on the laptop?

3. It's conceivable of course that it's the enclosure that's the problem. Any chance of installing another drive in it to determine if that's the case?