Windows 10: how do i turn back my windows boot external ssd int a working ssd

i downloaded windows to my 2tb ssd with the intention to download it to a new laptop, but i cant get my ssd back.every one of my files is gone, but to mae matters worse it still shows that its a "esd-usb" thing and its 32gb instead of 2 tb.how do i get my ssd back?

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External SSD not detecting in the boot menu

External SSD not getting recognized in the boot menu by Windows 11 laptop



I recently purchased a gaming laptop, Lenovo IdeaPad Gaming 3 15ACH6 for programming and running Linux.

I had previously setup an internal SSD (with a case) with ubuntu and wanted to use it with this device. But it is not getting recognized in the boot menu.

The laptop came pre-installed with Win11. The external SSD is from GigaByte and is working fine when viewed from another laptop and from live ubuntu. I have tried updating the boot version.

What can I do? Could it be the problem with Win 11 because the other laptop had Win10 and that was working well?

I want the SSD to be recognized in the boot menu, so I can run ubuntu.

What can I do? Could it be the problem with Win 11 because the other laptop had Win10 and that was working well? I want the SSD to be recognized in the boot menu, so I can run ubuntu.


WHAT I HAVE TRIED TILL NOW:

• The external SSD is working fine when run on another laptop.
  
• I have tried updating the bios version, but it is for Win10 and doesn't work with Win11.
  
• I tried using live ubuntu on this laptop, and all the partitions are getting detected there correctly.
  
• I have tried updating the boot version, thinking that it must be the problem. But the latest version on Lenovo's site is for Win10.
  
• I tried googling to upgrade the SSD, but found out I didn't have to. Cause this is a software issue.
  
• I tried updating to eh latest BIOS using Lenovo's site
  

 

External SSD not recognized as SSD in Windows 10

Hello community!

(this topic applies to Windows 10 and Windows 8.1 equally)

my question concerns an external 240GB SSD drive connected to my laptop via an USB 3.0 port. The SSD works fine, but when using the "Optimize Drives" utility, the drive is listed as "Hard Disk Drive" under media type. As stated by almost all SSD manufacturers,
standard defragmentation on a SSD can actually harm the SSD and over time reduce performance and life-cycle. A test revealed that the optimization for the external SSD is actually performed like on a regular HDD and the TRIM command is not used. This would
also indicate that the regular TRIM commands issued by Windows are not applied to the external SSD drive either. Short of turning off automatic optimization, is there a way to tell Windows that this is an SSD drive and to treat it as such (regardless of
the information provided by the disk- or case-controller) ?

See also picture attached -

Drive C: is a SanDisk SDSSDXP480GR131 SSD drive built in the laptop and recognized properly as an SSD.


Drive F: is Lite-On LMT-256M6M SSD drive attached via one of the USB3.0 ports and classified as regular HDD.

 

External SSD

I have recently bought external SSD, I want to know what are the things i need to take care of before using my external SSD? Any tips and suggestions are welcome. Thank you for your support.