Windows 10: Installing replacement SSD on laptop

I have a Toshiba Satellite laptop running the latest Windows 10 Home. Version 1909 (OS Build 18363.1198)
The laptop is a Toshiba satellite S855 Intel cpu i7-3610QM, 8GB installed ram

Its old hdd is extremely slow so I want to replace it with a 1 TB ssd. The SSD is a Samsung 1Tb V-NAND SSD, 860 EVO sata 6Gb/s, Model: MZ - 76E1TO. The new drive arrived with no instructions or help.

I also own a Kingwin USI-2535 "SATA and IDE Adapter" which I've used in the past, so I know it works. See attached image (Adapter.jpg)

I made the connections as shown in the attached image (setup.jpg)
The top cable from the ssd goes to the adapter with a usb cable for the laptop.
The bottom cable from the ssd goes to the electric power supply.

I planned to use imaging software (Ease todo backup or Macrium) to "clone" the present slow hdd to the new ssd and then insert the ssd into the laptop.

But, when the ssd is attached to the adapter and the laptop, the new drive does not appear as an available drive in "My PC" as usually happens when I attach an external hdd to the laptop. The attached hd does appear in the Windows notification bar at the bottom of the windows desktop and I can eject it from that icon..

The only place I can find the ssd is in "devices and printers" (attached image: Devices SSD).

I therefore do not know how to proceed to clone the present hdd to the new ssd.

Can someone help? What am I doing wrong?

Thank you.

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Regards,

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