Help Me Quickly, Please!

[byalexandr]

So I cloned over my SSD back to my HDD, I am selling my SSD so I need to wipe it. I am in Windows on the HDD, I got the clone working and all. The problem is the SSD won't show up in the 'My PC' or the Partition Editor. I am sure the system itself recognizes it as it is still in the BIOS. What do I do? RAPID mode and stuff is disabled by the way.

[Leonard]

Go to disk management and see if it shows up, if it does format it there.

[Drackeo]

When you cloned the drive did it have a setting enabled that would wipe the partition on the drive at the same time? Ive had issues with this in the past. Alternatively if you took the drive out take pictures of it, are you sure you plugged it back in? Stupid i know but i happens. Double check both the connections, unplug re plug ectect

[byalexandr]

Go to disk management and see if it shows up, if it does format it there.

It's not there. It's in the BIOS but once I boot into Windows it's like it's not even plugged in.

 

When you cloned the drive did it have a setting enabled that would wipe the partition on the drive at the same time? Ive had issues with this in the past. Alternatively if you took the drive out take pictures of it, are you sure you plugged it back in? Stupid i know but i happens. Double check both the connections, unplug re plug ectect

I didn't take pictures of it or anything. My system even tells me what SATA port it's plugged into and it's name and stuff, but when I boot into Windows, nothing.

[Leonard]

It's not there. It's in the BIOS but once I boot into Windows it's like it's not even plugged in.

 

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Have you changed the boot priority of the drives in the BIOS? If not make the HDD primary and the SSD last. You can also connect the SSD as a USB device if you have the USB adapter.

[byalexandr]

Could it be a power issue? Before I had the SSD on the furthest connector from the PSU, so it had the least current going to it and once it tried to boot Windows it shut off the system. But I doubt it's this as I plugged it in the exact same way I had it before when I was cloning and both drives were working fine. Now the SSD won't show up. Should I try booting from the SSD and see what happens?

[byalexandr]

Have you changed the boot priority of the drives in the BIOS? If not make the HDD primary and the SSD last. You can also connect the SSD as a USB device if you have the USB adapter.

Yes, the HDD is the priority drive. I am booted into it right now, but now the SSD won't show up in the system. I will restart and boot into the SSD and see what happens.

 

Edit: The OS on the SSD boots up and sees the HDD's OS too.

[byalexandr]

Okay, so booting from the SSD shows both the SSD and the HDD in Windows, but booting from the HDD won't make the SSD show up in Windows. Please help guys, I have like 20-30 minutes left to wipe this drive before I have to go.

[The Cool n00B]

http://www.disk-partition.com/articles/selected-disk-is-gpt-partition-style.html

 

Follow the diskpart guide, just don't convert it.

[Leonard]

Okay, so booting from the SSD shows both the SSD and the HDD in Windows, but booting from the HDD won't make the SSD show up in Windows. Please help guys, I have like 20-30 minutes left to wipe this drive before I have to go.

Do you have the USB to SATA adapter?...you could hook the SSD up that way and format it. Try shutting down your PC and switching the ports each drive is connected to.

[byalexandr]

http://www.disk-partition.com/articles/selected-disk-is-gpt-partition-style.html

 

Follow the diskpart guide, just don't convert it.

You don't get it. It won't show up AT ALL. Even when I type 'list disk' only the HDD shows up as connected.

 

 

Do you have the USB to SATA adapter?...you could hook the SSD up that way and format it. Try shutting down your PC and switching the ports each drive is connected to.

I will try wiping it on a different system.

[The Cool n00B]

You don't get it. It won't show up AT ALL. Even when I type 'list disk' only the HDD shows up as connected.

 

 

I will try wiping it on a different system.

Do it trough the command like sometimes works when it doesn't show up.

 

That's why I suggested it.

[byalexandr]

Do it trough the command like sometimes works when it doesn't show up.

 

That's why I suggested it.

I did. Nothing shows up in cmd. I think it's my PSU. Just now the HDD shut off and the entire system shut off while I was booting Windows, and the same happened when I was booting from the SSD last night. I plugged the SSD into a different system, instantly booted up and I was able to wipe the drive. I think it's a power issue to the drives, not enough current or something. Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

[Drackeo]

I did. Nothing shows up in cmd. I think it's my PSU. Just now the HDD shut off and the entire system shut off while I was booting Windows, and the same happened when I was booting from the SSD last night. I plugged the SSD into a different system, instantly booted up and I was able to wipe the drive. I think it's a power issue to the drives, not enough current or something. Thanks for all the suggestions guys.

 

Id test the SATA power cables on your psu then. you could have a faulty connector on it or on the ssd