Windows 10: I bought a new SSD SATA to USB 3.0 and it didn't work

I bought a new SSD SATA to USB 3.0 adapter, and I used my old SSD have windows 10 on it so I can copy my old data to my new PC or use it to put data, and the PC didn't recognise it, the adapter says is plug and play, but it didn't work, the light on it was working but nothing on the PC works SSD Type: Kingston SATA 240GB Windows Type I use: 11 21h2 Windows on the SSD: 10 1809

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SATA SSD not bootable via usb, cloning did not work either

I tried checking the files and what copied over and i'm a bit lost and it's a little overwhelming so i gave up. I ended up buying off amazon a SATA/NVME dual bay enclosure with offline clone to try out what you were suggesting (on Amazon it was listed as MAIWO Dual Bay Enclosure for M.2 NVMe and 2.5 3.5 Inch SATA SSD/HDD with Offline Clone, USB C 10Gbps Lay Flat Docking Station Duplicator for M.2 NVMe and External SATA Hard Drive). I didn't hook it up to my computer at all and it cloned in about 10 minutes. I reinstalled the M.2 SSD that i cloned my old SATA SSD data to and with it in the 1st position for booting it lagged and then skipped over it to my normal SSD in my laptop so i'm thinking it also failed. I was going to check for an official bootloader that would load when i start my comptuer so i can ensure i'm selecting the correct SSD to try booting from but for now it looks like another failure on my end.

If all else fails i'll probably go to my work IT department and see if they have any suggestions or would be willing to do it for me on the side. As always i'm open to any suggestions.

 

SATA to USB-c adapter not working

Wanted to upgrade my 2 laptops and desktop hard drives to SSD. Bought 2 WD 500gb SSD's and a WD 1T SSD. Also bought a wavlink usb to sata adapter and used Macrium Reflec for cloning. Connected the first WD 500 to my Dell Inspiron (Win 10 Home) using Wavlink and proceeded to clone. Worked perfectly and replaced the drive with the SSD. Did the same with my Acer Aspire One (Win 10 Home). Worked perfectly. Attached the WD 1T SSD to my desktop (Win 10 Pro) using Wavlink and the troubles began. Drive wasn't recognized. Used Disk Manager and tried a multitude of things. No luck. Eventually attached the drive internally to a SATA port. Still had problems but eventually got it to work. Even partitioned the drive to copy over data from a second drive I had in the PC. The problem I have now is my Seagate external USB drive is no longer recognized when connected to any of my available USB ports. I've had this drive for years and used it for backups. I also tried using Wavlink to connect one of my old drives to a USB port and that didn't work either. To make sure the ports still worked I plugged in a SD card into my usb/sd card adapter and attached it to a couple of different ports and it is recognized and works correctly. I am frustrated and at a total loss as to what the problem is and what to do next. Thanks for any suggestions and help!

 

SSD to SATA via USB not showing on windows 10

Hello, I did solve the problem, and I am posting because I saw many forums with the same issue and nobody was telling the correct way to solve it.

Background:

The computer is a laptop, the original HD is inside the laptop and it is a 2.5", normal laptop SATA connector with an HDD.

The new disk is an SSD disk by Kingson 240GB and in perfect working order and NEW

The New disk and interface cable (USB to SATA) is working as evidenced by working on an Xbox One (tested)

Issue

When I connect the new interface into any laptop, the laptop emits the USB pluged bip and shows next to the clock that there is a Disk attached to the system, perhaps when I search for it on the explorer I cannot see it. What could be the problem?

1. Interface not working
   1. Tested and the interface is working
2. Computer not able to recognize the interface disk
   1. Tested in 3 laptops with windows 10 and all of then do not recognize
3. A driver issue?
   1. The driver tested and found to be in working condition
4. A Configuration Issue?
   1. This is where I found the problem

The problem is that the driver is NEW and had no partition, which is good for Xbox-One, but bad for the windows. In order to see the drivcer, it has to have a partition and a letter assigned.

Solution

Format the driver to have a partition and letter then format to have an NTFS readable partition.

How to do it

I went to the "DISK MANAGEMENT", type it on the windows search bar for Cortana or similar, you will see your older driver, the one on the computer as a primary, disk0 and C, and a second disk without any partition. So now you can click on the new disk and
create a partition, format to NTFS and windows readable, assign a letter for it. If you need more help regarding the Disk Management, please look online, plenty of websites. After it conclude the formating, around 30 seconds, you will be able to see the new
hard drive on the windows explorer, if not, then restart the computer it will show up there. You can see the driver on disk management as a partition drive with a letter, usually D for a laptop

From there

From this point on, you can download a cloning program, usually, cost $50.00 and clone your original HDD into the SDD, it will take about 2 hours for a 250GB HDD to transfer to a 250GB SDD. Any HDD -> SSD via USB/Sata cable is capable of the same transfer.

I hope you like this tutorial and you can help many people too.

Mozart Telles