Converting an external HDD to an internal drive
in Hardware ·
Plug it into your PC and head over to Device Manager—check under Disk Drives to see if it’s even showing up. It might just need a drive letter assigned. If not, go to Disk Management and see if it shows up there.
The only other way is checking the BIOS to see if the system recognizes it... if it's nowhere to be found, you've got a hardware failure—either a bad cable or a dead drive.
The only other way is checking the BIOS to see if the system recognizes it... if it's nowhere to be found, you've got a hardware failure—either a bad cable or a dead drive.