Is my new SSD Ruined?

[ItsOnlyMe]

Hello friends,

I have a newbie question; I recently purchased a 2tb SSD to install in my new computer build. I thought if I cloned the SSD from my old computer, it would work in my new build? Then, I read that this will 75% fail due to all new components (Motherboard, CPU, GPU, etc) having compatibility issues with Windows 10. So, I want to clean this cloned SSD to factory settings and install as new in my new system, but since it is the same as my current SSD, when I put it in the external enclose and connect it via USB, my system will not recognize it. I know I should have done a fresh SSD install on my new computer and just moved files over, but is this SSD not going to work?

How can I clean it? Did I just ruin it?

Thank you!

[phillpower2]

New computer always needs a clean installation of Windows and the system drivers.

when I put it in the external enclose and connect it via USB, my system will not recognize it.

What won`t recognise it, Windows 10, if yes, where are you looking for the device.

[ItsOnlyMe]

Hello, since my new computer isn’t built yet, I tried to open the SSD on my old system to clean it back to factory, but my system doesn’t see it in the disk manager or under file manager.

[phillpower2]

Sorry but your OP is rather confusing as you are talking about a new computer but in your reply #3 you have told us that the new computer is not even built yet.

How do you even know that cloning the old computers drive to the 2TB was successful, any new drive has to be initialized before it can be used and it then allocated a drive letter, was this done, if yes, how was it determined that the clone had been successful.

[ItsOnlyMe]

Good point. I used Macrium Reflect software to perform the cloning of my current systems C: drive. The action stated it was completed. No drive letter was designated. Sorry for any confusion.

[phillpower2]

No worries and no harm done but it was rather confusing.

We know nothing about any of your hardware other than a 2TB SSD is involved;

What type of SSD is it, 2.5" or an NVME etc.

Does the present computers MB have a compatible slot or port for inserting / connecting the 2TB SSD.

[Bruce]

@ItsOnlyMe - where we at?

[ItsOnlyMe]

Hello friends,

So here is what I did.

Since I purchased 2 - 2tb M.2 SSD’s, I took the one that I did not clone and installed in my new build. All went well installing Windows 11. The one that was cloned from my old computer I tried to wipe all the data before I use it as a second drive for my new build, but it would not wipe the Windows 10 files. So now I have to find a way to take this SSD and wipe it to factory out of the box condition before I try and install it on my new build for fear of Windows conflict since the cloned drive was from my Windows 10 computer. Once again, I listened to someone who said to just reformat it. So, I tried that and now my 2tb SSD only shows 500gb. It shows 1.5tb of unallocated space. For some reason it will not let me extend the drive to use all the space as a completely new SSD. I feel I just ruined this SSD.

[Bruce]

Reformat will only wipe the current, active partition.
To ‘wipe’ the whole disk, start with deleting all its partitions. Most drives tend to have 3 or 4 partitions that Windows automatically generates during its install process.

The command DISKPART can do it, but can be a bit techie for the novice, I find during the Windows installation there is a box that pops up where you can delete a selected partition.

So if you don’t won’t to learn how to use DISKPART, you could disconnect the new SSD, reconnect the old SSD, start the Windows install and at the partition removal box, select each one and delete it, then exit the setup process.

[veeg]

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