Formatting an SSD

[Taz]

Bought an SSD and thought I'd plug it into the PC first to see all was OK but it does n;'t show up on file manager.

How do you get it recognised so you can format it ?

Ta.

 

[robinthehood]

Does it show up at all anywhere? Is it powering up when you plug it in the usb port ?

 

[Taz]

Yeah, it powers up ok, just cant see it listed anywhere

 

[robinthehood]

Have you looked in device manager or disk management

 

[Taz]

not yet, will have a look

 

[ScienceBoy]

You need to go to Disk Manager in Windows 10, it will ask about create and format hard disk partitions.

Just create a new volume there in the bottom window.

If you want it to be a boot SSD there is a bit more work to do to move windows if its on a HDD now but not much, plenty of guides out there for it. If the HDD is the same size or smaller than the SSD then cloning is the way to go.

 

[GreiginFife]

Bought an SSD and thought I'd plug it into the PC first to see all was OK but it does n;'t show up on file manager.

How do you get it recognised so you can format it ?

Ta.

Are you talking an internal SATA SSD or an external USB Hard Drive?

 

[jim8flog]

I can recommend a programme called Macrium Reflect if you want to do it via usb.

Great for cloning the original HD on to a new one and loads of other features eg backup

Free version available for single person use ,

 

[Taz]

Are you talking an internal SATA SSD or an external USB Hard Drive?

Its an internal ssd, but Ive got it mounted in a case to use externally.It a Sansdisk SSD plus.

I'm using it to back up all my files if/when I bite the bullet on a laptop

 

[GreiginFife]

Could be a faulty adapter case. Could be the drive, hard to tell really.
See if you can locate it in Disk Manager as SB says, if there you can usually create a new volume from there. Unlike external drives, internal SSDs don't come pre formatted. The other consideration is formatting itself, Win 10 will only let you format it NTFS natively. External drives would come formatted FAT32. If you wanted it to behave like an external drive you would need FAT32 formatting software.

But before you can use Macrium or any oother software you need the drive recognised by the system.

 

[Bunkermagnet]

Does it have master/slave jumpers/pins, and is it set correctly if it does?

 

[robinthehood]

Does it have master/slave jumpers/pins, and is it set correctly if it does?

1995 wants it hard drive back ?

 

[Mudball]

Could be a faulty adapter case. Could be the drive, hard to tell really.
See if you can locate it in Disk Manager as SB says, if there you can usually create a new volume from there. Unlike external drives, internal SSDs don't come pre formatted. The other consideration is formatting itself, Win 10 will only let you format it NTFS natively. External drives would come formatted FAT32. If you wanted it to behave like an external drive you would need FAT32 formatting software.

But before you can use Macrium or any oother software you need the drive recognised by the system.

Can you use it as an internal one to see if it works.. that will narrow issue between sdd v case

Out of interest why use the internal as external. The native external market offers a lot of choice and you could do an on air backups like Time capsule promised

 

[Taz]

All working thanks,got there via disk management once I found out how to get to the program

 

[GreiginFife]

Can you use it as an internal one to see if it works.. that will narrow issue between sdd v case

Out of interest why use the internal as external. The native external market offers a lot of choice and you could do an on air backups like Time capsule promised

Dunno, wasn't me that was having the problem. Normally I would suggest testing internally if I know the set-up, i.e. is there spare SATA data and power cables. Personally I wouldn't use an internal drive as a portable external, just personal preference but there is an external drive market with thousands of products meant for that job with the "out of the box formatting" to go with it.

OP, good to hear you got it sorted. My advice would be to format it FAT32 for more universal use (e.g. potable media device, using in a car etc)

 

[GreiginFife]

1995 wants it hard drive back ?

Haha, I was about to say something similar. That's Sooooo Windows 95

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I viscerally loathe Windows Ten.
Also, Microsoft Office Suite 2003 was the last easy, intuitive one to use.
This is a very sore subject with me.

 

[Mudball]

I viscerally loathe Windows Ten.
Also, Microsoft Office Suite 2003 was the last easy, intuitive one to use.
This is a very sore subject with me.

Depends on how you use them. I don’t think I will ever go back to W7 or O2003...