Windows 10: 2nd HDD not seen or initialise (taken from older PC)

My brother has given my mum his sons PC (win10) as he doesn't use it, all been reformatted etc.

My mums old computer, a win10, had a spare drive in it, i used it for backups and pulled files from documents etc in to it.

went to put the spare drive in the new PC, it's not seen on disc management.

I've brought it home, fitted a SATA adaptor to usb and plugged it into my win10 laptop and i can see it in disc management (disk2)but it wont initialise, gets 2 options MBR and GPT, just says the drives not ready.

When fitted back into the old PC it works fine.

Is it a case of fitting to old PC, copy all files over to another drive and reformat the drive?

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Hi,

What is the make and model of your computer?

I suggest you to check in BIOS setting whether both the HDD are listed there. You may get in touch with your computer manufacturer or refer to the user manual on how to enter BIOS settings.

If it is listed in BIOS, you may check whether you are able to see both the HDD in Disk Management. Follow the steps to check:

Press Windows Key + X.

Click on Disk Management.

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I have a DELL Latitude E6540 running Windows 10.

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• I have removed and inserted the CMOS battery.

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Hi Johan,

It is possible that your
HDD was unreadable
causing the error message to appear. We recommend that you perform these troubleshooting steps and check if there are any changes:

• 
  Shutdown
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Unhooked
  the
  HDD
  and
  turn on
  your
  PC.
  
• 
  Reconnect
  your
  HDD
  and
  restart
  your
  PC.
  

If the issue persists, we suggest that you contact your
laptop/computer's manufacturer
for further assistance.

Update us on how it goes.

Regards.