Windows 10: Hard drive in caddy set up

Discus and support Hard drive in caddy set up in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware to solve the problem; I have put my hard drive from my win 10 desktop now dead into a caddy and it is recognised as a drive "E" on my new desktop. Everything is on there... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware' started by Travelingrandad, Jan 17, 2021.

  1. Hard drive in caddy set up


    I have put my hard drive from my win 10 desktop now dead into a caddy and it is recognised as a drive "E" on my new desktop. Everything is on there but do in need to retain Windows 10 on it? surely I can delete that? Files that perhaps I do not need to retain are :- Intel, Perf Logs, Windows, program files x 86, Program files. Many thanks in anticipation


    Arthur

    :)
     
    Travelingrandad, Jan 17, 2021
    #1

  2. hard drive caddy

    Can anyone recommend a reliable easy to use hard drive caddy for sata hard drives
     
    lawnmower74, Jan 17, 2021
    #2
  3. HDD in a HDD caddy is not showing up in the disk management

    Hi,

    To assist you better, I would like to ask some questions:

    • How are you connecting the HDD Caddy?
    • What is the make and model of your computer?

    If you are connecting the device using USB, I suggest you to check if other USB devices are recognized as USB devices or Other device. If it is displaying as other device, then the issue might be with the USB port. So, I suggest you to update the USB drivers
    by following the steps below:

    • Press Windows key + X, select Device Manager.
    • Expand Universal Serial Bus Controller.
    • Right click on the drive, select Update Driver Software and follow the on-screen prompts.

    Keep us posted on the status for further assistance.
     
    Eeshwar Kumar, Jan 17, 2021
    #3
  4. ra_si Win User

    Hard drive in caddy set up

    Can the system boot from HDD connected with Optical Drive Caddy?

    I have a Dell Vostro 3546 Laptop, which is now 3 yrs old.

    It was not powering on (4 to 5 months back) and I had it repaired by a local technician though, the power issue was fixed but a new issue took place, the system wasn't (and still) detecting HDD.

    I checked connecting the HDD with other PC, its working fine and has all the data & partitions, but Laptop is not detecting Hard drive

    A friend of mine suggested to try connecting the hard drive with Optical Drive Caddy, and according to him the system will boot, as I can change the boot sequence, but I want to make sure if this will work before I disassemble the Laptop.

    So, will the system be able to boot from Hard drive connected with Optical drive caddy and the main HDD port (socket) left empty??

    Kindly drop suggestions with specific details.

    Error Code the system had produced after diagnosing:

    Note:

    1. If the system can boot with HDD connected with Optical Drive Caddy, the Read/Write speeds would differ, but how likely the difference would be.??
    2. Do I need to configure BIOS with particular settings for doing so.??
     
    ra_si, Jan 17, 2021
    #4
Thema:

Hard drive in caddy set up

Loading...
  1. Hard drive in caddy set up - Similar Threads - Hard drive caddy

  2. Problem with the caddy hard I installed.

    in Windows 10 Gaming
    Problem with the caddy hard I installed.: I bought a used laptop which is Lenovo t540p and installed a second hard drive to the optical drive via a caddy adapter. after installing windows 10 I faced a problem with my second hard. It is that the second hard is showing as a removable device. and I searched online for...
  3. Problem with the caddy hard I installed.

    in Windows 10 Software and Apps
    Problem with the caddy hard I installed.: I bought a used laptop which is Lenovo t540p and installed a second hard drive to the optical drive via a caddy adapter. after installing windows 10 I faced a problem with my second hard. It is that the second hard is showing as a removable device. and I searched online for...
  4. Setting Up External Hard Drive as a Flash Drive

    in Windows 10 Network and Sharing
    Setting Up External Hard Drive as a Flash Drive: Someone gave me an old hard disk. I have an external hard drive enclosure. I put them together and plugged the external drive into my laptop. From Windows Explorer I can see the old hard disk. It has two partitions. F: and G:Recovery. The data is on the F: drive....
  5. HDD Caddy not showing up

    in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware
    HDD Caddy not showing up: Hi I'm using HP laptop that i bought back in 2017. It came with 1TB HDD, and now it's starting to slowing down. I recently bought an SSD and a HDD Caddy, I've clone the Local Disk C from the old HDD to the brand new SSD and it's working fine now. The problem came up when...
  6. external hard drive caddy

    in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware
    external hard drive caddy: I bought a caddy or enclosure for my older but good internal drive to make an external drive for storage. It seems to be OK after I formatted it. However there is a system reserved under it in explorer. Do I do anything with this system reserved? Will it affect my Macrium...
  7. hard drive caddy

    in Windows 10 Backup and Restore
    hard drive caddy: Can anyone recommend a reliable easy to use hard drive caddy for sata hard drives 123448
  8. Can I use a 4TB hard drive in a disk caddy to backup?

    in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware
    Can I use a 4TB hard drive in a disk caddy to backup?: Hi, I'm currently using a 2TB hard in a disk caddy to backup (with EaseUs software) using incremental backups but my disk is getting full (I have a lot of graphics and video files). I'm thinking of buying a 4TB hard drive to use in the caddy - I use a caddy so I can keep my...
  9. Can I use a 4TB hard drive in a disk caddy to backup?

    in Windows 10 Support
    Can I use a 4TB hard drive in a disk caddy to backup?: Hi, I'm currently using a 2TB hard in a disk caddy to backup (with EaseUs software) using incremental backups which works fine but my disk is getting full (I have a lot of graphics and video files). I've read that Win 10 can't 'see' more than 2TB, and so a 4TB drive would...
  10. Hard drive in a caddy causing boot problems

    in Windows 10 Drivers and Hardware
    Hard drive in a caddy causing boot problems: Hi. I recently installed a fresh Windows 10 Home on my laptop. I was having some problems and so I made a post on this forum. That post can be seen following this link: Factory reset laptop that has had an upgrade to SSD by cloning old HD That has been solved in a weird...