Windows 10: I have an SSD in my pc and an external hard drive. If I connect my external hdd and run a...

I have an SSD in my pc and an external hard drive. If I connect my external hdd and run a game from it will it run at the same speed as it runs when run from the ssd drive? I haven't tried it

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OS on new SSD, keep existing data on HDD and use as external drive

I want to use a new SSD to run my OS on my PC. I have a lot of data on my HDD and dont want it on the SSD but do want to keep it.

I have read that you shouldn't use an external drive that has Windows installed so how would i go about doing what I need?

I.e. get Windows onto the SSD, replace HDD with SSD, use HDD as external drive, and keep data from HDD on HDD.

Thanks!

(P.s. any guides or instructions to any steps would be great but if not then no issue)

 

Problem with external hard drive

I have a sort of a solution. take the hard drive out from the external enclosure and try to rig it up directly to your pc like you would a normal hard drive.

it could be that the controller on the enclosure has gone haywire but the hard drive still works. I had a similar thing happen to me with e 640Gb WD external drive. Controller went bad and the only thing i could do to get windows to recognise the device was to take the hard drive out and put it into my pc like a normal internal HDD.

If your pc recognises the hard drive and you can access it etc etc, it probably is the controller on the enclosure thats borked.

maybe speak to maxtor or spend £15-30 on a new external hdd enclosure

 

External SSD recognized as HDD in Windows 10

Hi,



Thank you for writing to Microsoft Community Forums.



I understand your query related to External SSD showing as HDD when connected to the PC using USB 3.0 port. For further clarity on the issue, please respond to the questions below.

1. Have you tried connecting the SSD to any other PC?
   
2. Are you using any converter to connect the SSD through USB 3.0 port?
   
3. Are you using a RAID configuration?
   

I have researched on your query and found that the SSD that you are using is an internal SSD drive, in this case I would suggest you to try updating the Intel Rapid Storage drivers from the

intel website and see if that helps.



In addition, this issue can occur if the SSD is connected to a SATA controller that is identified as RAID (SCSI). I would suggest you to try connecting the SSD to a SATA port that uses AHCI controller such as Intel SATA controller/chipset.



Please get back to us with the detailed information to assist you further.



Regards,

Prakhar Khare

Microsoft Community – Moderator