Question: Wondering if anyone can help.
I have an old Seagate FreeAgent 1000gb external hard drive that has not been powering up recently, so I pulled it apart and connected it inside my desktop PC and it worked fine.
For other unrelated reasons I’m now without my desktop for a week or so, and I bought myself a cheap little USB to SATA cable to connect the drive via USB to my Surface Laptop 3. Whilst the system recognises that something has connected, it doesn’t show in file explorer. Instead, it shows up in Devices and Printers as ASM105x.
I’ve Googled around a bit and tried assigning a drive letter, but this doesn’t work. I’m a bit at a loss. Anyone got any ideas?
Thank you.
Answer:If you need a portable drive, then just get a big capacity USB flash drive.
Connectors on sata drives are not particularly sturdy. They can break.
So – it’s not advised to connect/disconnect them regularly on daily basis (as you would do with a portable drive).
If you absolutely must have USB connected SSD, then drive enclosure is definitely preferred.