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Boot drive from my old computer won't show up as external drive
Windows 10 version 1903
I recently decided to finally upgrade my Windows 7 system to Windows 10. I bought a new SSD, removed my old SSD, and installed Windows 10 on the new one. This way I'd be able to go back to my old system if I forgot to back something up or just didn't like Windows 10. I wanted a backup plan.
The Windows 10 upgrade went great and I have no problem with it. I'd like to wipe my old Windows 7 SSD and use it for something else, but I want to take a disc image of it first, just in case. I connected the SSD to an external enclosure, but the drive doesn't show up in the This PC window or in Disk Management. I suspect it might have something to do with it also be a C: drive, but I don't know how to change the drive letter if it won't show up in Disk Management. I also tried using EaseUS's software, but it didn't show up there either.
Worst case scenario, I can install it back into my machine, load up Windows 7 and do a disc image there. But it kind of bugs me that this isn't working! Any ideas?
Thanks in advance!
TL;DR - The system drive for a Windows 7 install won't load as an external in my new Windows 10 system. Not appearing in Disk Management. Could this be a drive letter conflict?