SSD not showing

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:15

Hi i have a toshiba satellite pro A120 laptop

i recently purchased a crucial bx100 250gb SSD

when connecting via usb it does not show on my computer ?

Any ideas

my intention is to clone existing set up to it

Appreciate any help here

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:18

I assume you've put it in a usb caddy?

Also assuming Windows, open Disk Management and it'll likely need initialising and formatting.

D3K · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:28

I love your name

Orcvader · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:50

It's probably not formatted. Can you see it in disk management?

Steveocee · 28 Jul 2015 at 09:56

Have a look in disk management, you probably need to initialise it.

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 11:04

how can i initialize it if i cannot access it?
in disk management it just says "Generic external usb device" no spec or any way of interaction

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 11:05

not in a caddy.connected via usb lead

wazza300 · 28 Jul 2015 at 12:30

Any access to a desktop PC? Connect it internally to the MB and asign new drive letter or initalise it in disk manager,thn connect it via the caddy to your laptop,its the only way I can think of

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 28 Jul 2015 at 13:10

garry50 said:
not in a caddy.connected via usb lead

The drive you've mentioned is Sata and doesn't have usb.

Are you using something like this?

http://uk.crucial.com/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10153&categoryId=&productId=207029&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=&parent_category_rn=&storeId=10153

Post a screenshot of Disk Mangement with it selected.

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:43

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
The drive you've mentioned is Sata and doesn't have usb.

Are you using something like this?

http://uk.crucial.com/ProductDisplay?urlRequestType=Base&catalogId=10153&categoryId=&productId=207029&errorViewName=ProductDisplayErrorView&urlLangId=-1&langId=-1&top_category=&parent_category_rn=&storeId=10153

Post a screenshot of Disk Mangement with it selected.

i plugged in via usb connetor.

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:44

New problem,
I connected to desktop pc via usb, initialized drive
250g came up as 232g

after cloning laptop , drive is only 73g

any idea what went wrong in the cloning? should i have partitioned the drive before cloning?

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 14:46

Thanks wazza300 thats what i did, connected to desktop via usb lead and initialized okay

wazza300 · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:52

you can expand the existing partion to fill all of the drive,can do that in disk manager I think,or windows own partition tool

250gb showing as 232gb is normal,its just the way windows calculates a gb

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:54

this laptop doesnt seem to allow much in disk manager.
looked at acronis, it find unlaocate 158g but no way to enable it

using windows vista

wazza300 · 28 Jul 2015 at 15:57

if you right click on the partition in disk manager it should give you the option to expand it

the partition that has windows cloned on it,expand it to fill the whole ssd

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 16:17

disk manager does not work on this computer just gives following message, so no partition option

Disk Management could not start Virtual Disk Service (VDS)
on computer.This can happen if the remote does not support VDS, or if a connection cannot be established because it was blocked by windows firewall.

wazza300 · 28 Jul 2015 at 16:20

tried it back in your desktop? it should let you,ive just checked on mine and it lets me (windows 7 though)

it only takes a blink of an eye to expand it with an ssd

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 16:21

will try that now

thanks for feedback. will let you know how it goes

garry50 · 28 Jul 2015 at 16:41

Sorted

Thanks for all input. especially wazza300

this is the 1st forum i have been on in years, nice to know still active people out there with advice/help