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Second hard drive not recognized
Hi,
I bought an additional used 2.5" HDD (1TB Toshiba MQ02ABF100) for my desktop which has an ASUS Motherboard ROG Strix B350-I Gaming.
Since I already had an external 2.5" drive (512gb Western Digital WD5000BEVT) in a USB caddy, before installing the 1TB in my desktop, I switched the 1TB for the 512gb HDD to test it. Windows did not recogize the 1TB HDD.
While considering why the 1TB drive did not work, I realised that the old 512gb HDD is a very old SATA II (2009!), and that the 1TB HDD is SATA III.
I then installed the 1TB drive in the desktop, trying 2 different power cables/ 2 different SATA III cables and 2 different SATA III slots. Windows doesn't recognise it.
I'm now wondering, could I have damaged the 1TB drive by placing it in the USB caddy which evidentally works with SATA II not SATA III? I bought it off ebay and the seller seemed decent.
Thank you
Matt