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I want to clone my hard drive to a bigger one, I've bought a new Crucial MX500 2.5" SSD and thought I could just plug it into a USB / Sata cable and the computer would see it the same as an external drive and I could clone to it but nothing happens when I attach it.
This cable has sucesfully been used before with a different drive (which is no longer available to test) although it was a very tech savvy friend that attached it and I don't know if he did something to mount it.
I also have a 2.5" SSD USB enclosure and tried it with that and again nothing, and have also tried 2 other older 2.5" drives that I know work and apart from being able to feel mechanical movement in one when attaching ...... nothing.
Do I need a powered enclosure or something and is the 5v provided by a USB port not enough or do I need to do something like mount it and if so how?
Having initially tried it on a laptop I then tried it on a PC in case that made any difference, both are running Windows 10 ...... Any help much appreciated.
This cable has sucesfully been used before with a different drive (which is no longer available to test) although it was a very tech savvy friend that attached it and I don't know if he did something to mount it.
I also have a 2.5" SSD USB enclosure and tried it with that and again nothing, and have also tried 2 other older 2.5" drives that I know work and apart from being able to feel mechanical movement in one when attaching ...... nothing.
Do I need a powered enclosure or something and is the 5v provided by a USB port not enough or do I need to do something like mount it and if so how?
Having initially tried it on a laptop I then tried it on a PC in case that made any difference, both are running Windows 10 ...... Any help much appreciated.
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