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Success!!! thanks guys for the help and quick responses i really appreciate it. i am now able to use it as a external drive!  

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hi i recently upgraded my ps4 hard drive and would like to use the old hard drive as a normal portable hard drive i have bought an enclosure for it so it allows it to be connected by usb 3.0 but the problem is its not showing up in my computer so i was just wondering what i would need to do

 

 Enclosure: silverstone TS04B 2.5in sata SSD/HDD usb 3.0 enclosure

 

 HDD: samsung st500lm012 500GB

 

 OS: Win 10

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You need to go into Disk Management or some third party tool and remove the old partition. Then you need to create another partition.

 

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hi i recently upgraded my ps4 hard drive and would like to use the old hard drive as a normal portable hard drive i have bought an enclosure for it so it allows it to be connected by usb 3.0 but the problem is its not showing up in my computer so i was just wondering what i would need to do

 

 Enclosure: silverstone TS04B 2.5in sata SSD/HDD usb 3.0 enclosure

 

 HDD: samsung st500lm012 500GB

 

 OS: Win 10

open admin  cmd prompt

use diskpart to clean the disk

If you need remote help fixing something on your computer

I can help over Teamviewer if you wish

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You need to go into Disk Management or some third party tool and remove the old partition. Then you need to create another partition.

 

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You need to go into Disk Management or some third party tool and remove the old partition. Then you need to create another partition.

 

Moved to Storage Solutions.

it just says unallocated good or bad?

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it just says unallocated good or bad?

Can you post a screenshot? Unallocated just means there's no partition assigned to that part of the capacity.

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Hey there micko12400 :)
 
When you plug the drive in your computer can you see it in Disk Management? Here's how to get there: http://products.wdc.com/support/kb.ashx?id=U1WlNY
One you get there you should be able to see all your storage drives including this one. If you don't have anything important on the drive simply delete all the existing partitions, create a new volume, partition and format it, give it a letter and enjoy your new drive. :) 
If you don't see the drive there I'd try to connect the drive directly to the motherboard with a SATA cable and connect it to the power cable and then check if the drive is visible in BIOS, Device Manager or Disk Management. 
 
Post back with some results. :)
 
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Success!!! thanks guys for the help and quick responses i really appreciate it. i am now able to use it as a external drive!  

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