HDD from encosure

[RailStorm]

I got a WD elements drive https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07FNK6QMT/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1, but decided i'd rather have it as an internal drive. However when I removed it and hooked it up to my computer it doesn't detect at all. It works when attached to the enclosure board but not directly. Any ideas? or should I just return it and get an internal one.

[goto10]

does it have normal sata ports both for power and data?  did you connected both inside the case?  do you know if it is ntfs, or any otherspecific partition?

 

doibg a seqrch it seems these units are not normal drives, it seems somr had luck with them as wd red units, other experience problems with them

 

my take is that they have a soecific controller that depends on the enclosure somehow, i would leave it inside the enclosure

[RailStorm]

Yeah its got regular sata power and data, I guess they made it to stop this sort of thing. I'll leave it in the enclosure, hopefully it won't fail.

[F___M]

Get a molex to sata adapter.

[RailStorm]

Sorry I didn't make it clear, it has regular sata power/data and I plugged it in fine. It just won't show at all, even in mobo bios. It must have some hardware security so it can only use the enclosure board.

[F___M]

to make it work, google says it has to do with the 3.3v on the power. a molex to sata adapter bypasses that.

[RailStorm]

Wow thanks so much, just checked and it works with the sata adapter. It seems dumb but at least it works

[goto10]

so definitively is a special model, weird fix, great to know it worked for you

[F___M]

good job. have a great day!