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External HDD not showing up?

M3M3G0D
By M3M3G0D
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I had recently got a HDD off of Amazon that I wanted to plug into my old laptop in order to add a bit of space, and to backup some photos etc. I got a regular internal HDD from Seagate, as it was the cheapest option at the time, and never really thought to get a dedicated external HDD. I also got a SATA III to USB 3.0 adapter, so I could actually plug the thing into said laptop. I plugged the HDD into the laptop today, but nothing happened. There was no new partition shown in file explorer, and under disk management, a 791 MB drive is showing, which seems rather low for a 1TB HDD, given that the same drive is showing in my PC's disk management as possessing 931.5 MB capacity. I tried right clicking it in order to letter it, since that was an issue I had when installing my HDD in my computer. When I right click the drive though, the options don't show up, the only one that shows is the help option which opens Chrome. The option is there for the other drives though.. What's even stranger is that the HDD is still listed in the Management window after being unplugged.

 

Is there something I'm missing? Is the 791 MB drive something else entirely? Am I plugging the yoke in wrong somehow? Any help would be much appreciated.

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You can't power a desktop HDD off of that adapter. A desktop HDD uses both 5v and 12v rails, the USB adapter only provides 5v. You need to get a USB docking with auxiliary power or return the drive and get a 2,5" one instead.

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8 hours ago, NelizMastr said:

You can't power a desktop HDD off of that adapter. A desktop HDD uses both 5v and 12v rails, the USB adapter only provides 5v. You need to get a USB docking with auxiliary power or return the drive and get a 2,5" one instead.

So if I get a 2.5 inch drive I can run it off of just the Sata adapter? Grand, thanks.

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Just now, M3M3G0D said:

So if I get a 2.5 inch drive I can run it off of just the Sata adapter? Grand, thanks.

Yup. Laptop 2,5" drives only use 5V so they can run straight off a USB adapter.

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