Windows 10: Want to change from HHD to SSD drive on my laptop. I have a SATA to USB cable. Can I copy...

Change from HDD to SSD drive on laptop Can I use a SATS to USB cable and just copy and paste to the new one? Could I then boot from the new one? Thanks

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old HHD connected by SATA IDE adapter to windows 10 not recognized

I'm trying to recover data from my old WD 500 GB HHD that had failed (I replaced it with a 1 TB SSD). I have connected the HDD to multiple PCs and multiple USB ports (both front and back) using a SATA/IDE to USB 2.0 Adapter. Both of my PCs run windows 10.
Neither one recognizes the USB connection to the SATA HHD when it is plugged in. I look in device manager, disk management, and a downloaded WD Data lifeguard Diagnostic tool for windows - nothing, not even the little USB connection sound prompt. The HHD hums
when powered and the adapter has its own SATA to power converter cable so I don't think its a power issue.

Any advice on how I can get my PCs to recognize this USB connection to my old HHD?

 

HHD question on replacing EIDE with a SATA.


At the moment this is a bit hypothetical. I have a 9.5yr old Acer laptop that has its original 120Gb drive fitted. The drive says on it 'Enhanced IDE'.

The Crucial website says that the original storage fitted has 'Serial ATA support' and suggests a standard SATA SSD as a replacement.

My question is whether you can just fit a modern SATA drive as a straight swap here. Not necessarily the Crucial one as I've seen some good offers on Samsung SSD's, and in any case I wouldn't want to spend much on such an old PC.

 

SATA SSD not bootable via usb, cloning did not work either

I tried checking the files and what copied over and i'm a bit lost and it's a little overwhelming so i gave up. I ended up buying off amazon a SATA/NVME dual bay enclosure with offline clone to try out what you were suggesting (on Amazon it was listed as MAIWO Dual Bay Enclosure for M.2 NVMe and 2.5 3.5 Inch SATA SSD/HDD with Offline Clone, USB C 10Gbps Lay Flat Docking Station Duplicator for M.2 NVMe and External SATA Hard Drive). I didn't hook it up to my computer at all and it cloned in about 10 minutes. I reinstalled the M.2 SSD that i cloned my old SATA SSD data to and with it in the 1st position for booting it lagged and then skipped over it to my normal SSD in my laptop so i'm thinking it also failed. I was going to check for an official bootloader that would load when i start my comptuer so i can ensure i'm selecting the correct SSD to try booting from but for now it looks like another failure on my end.

If all else fails i'll probably go to my work IT department and see if they have any suggestions or would be willing to do it for me on the side. As always i'm open to any suggestions.