HDD Not recognized after cloning to SSD

[Mike]

Hey guys, so.. I received a new SSD today (Crucial MX300). I cloned it from my 'old' Samsung HDD which I wanted to keep as an extra drive and to install games on which don't need an SSD.

The cloning process did go very well and my SSD made my PC way quicker.. Unfortunately my HDD isn't recognized by anything else except my BIOS..

Can someone help me out please!? Would appreciate it alot!

I btw have an Asus P8P67-M mobo if that would help anything about the BIOS xd

[Omega]

The drive probably isnt partitioned.

On windows 10:

Rightclick the Windows start button on the bottom left and select "Disk management" a window will pop up; in that windows you should see on the bottom a visual representation of how your HDD's are partitioned; your HDD will probably be "disk 1" (or simply the block with the black line in it); right click it and slect "new simple volume" then just press next, next, next etc..

[Mike]

Well, that's the problem. It's in my BIOS but I can't find it anywhere else, not even in Disk Management

[Bad 💀 Motha]

The old drive most likely just lacks a drive letter. Just change it.


OR, Shutdown and...
Double check all SATA Power and Data Cable connections.
Check that the two Drives are connected to SATA_0 - 3

Then check BIOS and ensure the old HDD is no longer a possible Boot Drive Option.

Then once in Windows, check that the drive is present via:
> Device Manager > Disk Drives
and also
> Computer Management > Disk Management

To easily access those, once at Windows Desktop, press Winkey+X

[Mike]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

No all that occurred is due to the Clone and now booting from new Drive.
The old drive just lacks a drive letter. Just change it.

Double check all SATA Power and Data Cable connections.
Check that the two Drives are connected to SATA_0 - 3

Then check BIOS and ensure the old HDD is no longer a possible Boot Drive Option.

Then once in Windows, check that the drive is present via:
> Device Manager > Disk Drives
and also
> Computer Management > Drive Management

To easily access those,once at Windows Desktop, press Winkey+X

I checked in BIOS and did remove the HDD as a boot option, seemed to work! I formatted the HDD, it's empty now! Seemed to work

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Well formatting it was optional, but ok...
And you deleted the previous Partitions on the HDD, yes?
Then create new volume > MBR > Format as NTFS > 4K Clusters

[Mike]

Originally posted by Bad-Motha:

Well formatting it was optional, but ok...
And you deleted the previous Partitions on the HDD, yes?
Then create new volume > MBR > Format as NTFS > 4K Clusters

Well, wasn't really optional, I wanted that thing to be empty xd.
I think it's formatted right now, its on NTFS

[Bad 💀 Motha]

Ok well glad you figured it out.

Now you will want to do the following changes within your OS.
> Disable Indexing
> Disable SuperFetch and PreFetch
> Ensure TRIM is enabled

A simple google search of these terms will explain how to apply such changes.

And while you may need to Defrag your HDD types over time, DO NOT Defrag an SSD,
it's simply not needed and just wear out the SSD quicker.