How to connect a SSD or HDD externally via a USB adapter to your PC, clone old drive or backup files

[@ShallBePurified]

Computers are so complicated when you don't have someone literally showing step by step the right thing to do. This is exactly what I needed.

[@chapelirl]

You are a GENT! Absolutely excellent video with the perfect level of explanation. I was missing the Disk Management step and it was driving me nuts! Thank you so much.

[@syntheticliberty3844]

worked for me, glad to find step by step guide in a clear and understandable english.

[@PrimeTimeHooligans]

Probably the most helpful video I have watched on youtube in a long time, thank you!

[@trlla4339]

Easiest and most simple guide, well done lad! Thank you especially for showing the disk management step!

[@nadenitza]

Thanks for the simple and effective explanation, have the same SSD and it started to work smoothly after the initialization.

[@alantorrance6153]

Thank you for your video. Just what I was wanting, and my task is to read old Laptop Drives. Laptop no longer usable without a lot of fine work remodelling some cable terminals on the motherboard -- very expensive. I have an almost new PC with plenty of physical space for more SSD drives internally (will format as a RAID (probably Type 10) for backup purposes, but was wanting to connect my old drives externally and save some what I have there, both to current folders, and to backup on the RAID. Thank you again. Your vid confirmed my thoughts that this impromptu method of connection is possible without physically swapping drives in and out.

[@normanwhite2227]

Thanks a lot for this video. I will be doing same thing, as I wanted to clone/update/backup all in one and this gadget does it so well. Also I see no point having large ssd as well, as you done also, so I am having same solution there also. Will be getting 250 gb ssd.

[@rayviews6911]

Brilliant , many thanks . Not many vids showing that you can use the USB method for , as you say , Cloning when short of SATA ports . Thank you again , a nice friendly , easy going video .

[@ztomm]

Excellent that you showed us how to initalize the new external USB drive in Windows. I haven't built a PC in years and the refresh on Disk Management in Win 11 helped a bunch. I formatted my external NVMe USB-C drive as exFAT to match the large sound files that I record. Works Great! Thank you!

[@maskymate8086]

I was prepping to reuse my old laptops' SSDs and this vid helped out a lot. If I went in blind maybe I'd get panicked at the initialization bit :)))) I hope the reading speed and other technicals isn't too critical for using this setup side by side with the PC

[@matthewpye6186]

Thank you so much for this simple, to the point video. You have just saved me from my frustration

[@halloweenjunkie666]

Thanks a bunch man! nobody ever gave us this direction for xbox hdd upgrade

[@lebarbare2523]

Thanks dude ! Best tutorial ever worked as a charm. Wish you the best !

[@Shadow_BloxYT]

Thanks, your tutorial helped me out greatly 😁

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Glad it helped!

[@bonifaciostreet57]

Thank you for the detailed explanation.

[@Morton90]

Superb video thanks for the great support even bought the cable you suggested works a treat!

[@joeybez5464]

thanks best tech ever now i could use it! im in calif water is rising again this week needed to back up in case of water damage

[@namisina_7493]

THANK YOU SO MUCH BRO🤩

[@queenjade3]

that's exactly the video i was looking for. thank you very much

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Glad I could help!

[@RawDealCo]

Awesome thanks for the video. I got some testing to do, but I think this might have finally resolved my issue

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

No problem 👍

[@MinuhArts]

Video was a life saver thank you so much

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

You're welcome!

[@senjou02]

Thank you so much for this tutorial!

[@petar_d488]

What if it does not show up at all even in disk management as unallocated?

[@nepaliangusyoung]

External Internal

[@Ecj8989]

Omg I was stumped. Got it to work now

[@Shot.byJude]

Thank you so much! Super helpful!!

[@muzzammilcourage9568]

This was so helpful. Thank you very much 🙏🏾

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

You're so welcome!

[@mrdripz1095]

both of my usb c cable plugs are being used with my separate keyboard and mouse, how can i connect an external ssd?

[@SuperCapricornboy]

thank you very much brother for the tutorial. i appreaciate

[@TomatenFan]

thanks for this tutorial; excactly what i needed!

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Great to hear!

[@band2r302]

Thank you so much for the help man👍

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

No problem 👍

[@damianrobson1495]

Thanks bud, perfect for what I needed.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

No problem 👍

[@dota2arcade603]

Why is my ssd not showing in disk management?

[@JulesO]

BRO, helpful video. Thank you SO MUCH.

[@soyborne.bornmadeandundone1342]

Mann what a pain in the azz lolz. But your vid did the trick. Lol I was all stopping and pausing and checking ugh... Finally got it to work yayyy

[@OzgunDoganbaloglu]

Hi, Thank you for the video. I want to access the data on my SSD. Does it erase the old data on SSD?

[@williamjones1337]

Thank you SO MUCH!

[@r-1093]

Thanks for that, very useful 🙂

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

No problem 👍

[@Scribblescrabbly]

I have the same sata to usb cable but when I try to access data from my old computers it only works on the 2.5 hdd and not the 2.5 ssd’s. Any way I can access my ssd data using this?

[@mshammami]

Thank you! Great job

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Glad it was helpful!

[@allenjamison5663]

thanks for the help!!!

[@Crapoop]

So is that SSD an internal one plugged in and used externally?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

internal

[@_neophyte]

You only had to initialize/format the ssd because you used a brand new one, right? if I want to connect a drive from my old pc that alread has data on it i don't need to format it right?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

if it's an existing SSD it should work just fine

[@abdolmonaimsabir7657]

Thank you so much bro ❤❤

[@piotrjaga6929]

I AM REALLY GRATEFUL i will put some comments for statistics

[@EldarBro]

Can i use that hard drive HDD on laptop like normal?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

yes but performance won't be as good

[@kashifs.6458]

Am I missing something, or did the actual cloning process not get covered here?

[@microwavegommmm916]

Great vid mate, cheers

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

Thanks 👍

[@thepasstimevideos7195]

A BBIIIIIIIGGGGGG Thanks to you for making this video super awesome , myyy ssd works now thanks you..

[@Aaron-ro2yz]

You saved my day!!!!!!!

[@psyk4758]

If you format it, won't you lose the files that are already stored on it???

[@ibrahimmurad1398]

It worked thanks. Can I use it to transfer files between my laptops ? If I Hooked it to my second laptop would it ask my to format again ? then all data will be lost ?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

if you format the drive one between two windows PCs there shouldn't be any need to format again when plugging in e.g. second laptop

[@venomplayz9763]

can it be use for plug and play?

[@MooshiCBR]

No what do i do if it doesnt appear in disk management

[@SlyGuy99]

Can you use this for old hard drives IDe=e ones

[@--Tamjid--]

how should i take my m.2 ssd datas from my pc to another device as pc is having bsod?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

you will need a different connector/enclosure for m.2

[@LiquidSnake690]

Will this also work on a PS5 to be able to play PS4 games on a PS5 with an internal SSD plugged into a usb slot?

[@aceifershadeison]

What if the pc doesn't see the SSD in the disk manager?

[@chrislopez1391]

Do you recommend Acronis to clone Windows 10 from HDD to SSD? I have had such a hard time finding a clear cut video or tutorial of any kind to help me clone my windows 10 hdd

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

acronis is pretty decent, give that a try

[@groglava4926]

hello i have an external ssd slot on the top of my pc and was wondering if i can use it as a permenant option intead of having to take out the motherboord and put one in the usual spot

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

you can but a connection to the motherboard via a sata cable would be faster

[@luisrodriguez8639]

Where is the video for cloning windows 10 using this sabrent adapter

[@peterbboateng1780]

i received a message DEVICE NOT READ when i started the disk initialise , please what should i do

[@deejayryderdie4221]

Can this be used to expand hard drive space for pc

[@AdilYuceol]

after initializing the old ssd, what happens if I decide to use that old SSD again and directly install it in the PC? Do I need to revert the changes before I put it back or can I simply start using it again without formatting?

[@AdilYuceol]

i mean I followed the steps and my old SSD is now recognized by my PC and I was using it to backup files. but now I decided to use that one as an internal SSD again but I am not sure if I can directly install it to my pc

[@ahmedessam7592]

what speed of transfer for written and reed

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

depends on usb version e.g. 3.0 and also drive speed but quite fast normally

[@Samtar]

If there's Windows already installed on the SSD, that won't mess with my computer when plugging it in right?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

no plug it in when your system is running, not before as it may try to boot from that drive is usb is selected in the boot order probably isn't though.

[@KjekkasAron]

thx mate

[@amitbikram9031]

How much read write speed you get?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

around 300MB/S, USB 3.0 port and some cheap kingston SSD

[@darkcastle85]

Link to buy?

[@urbannormandee7522]

Would you be able to use this as a way of external storage to run games from?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

you can do

[@maskymate8086]

It'd be slower as some tech channels had shown

[@Crabs69]

Mine says unknown and when I initialize the disk it says it’s not ready

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

on disk management?

[@SHANnZOEY]

Can you play pc games off this?

[@johnjerico1669]

Will it be possible to use it as operating system?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

you can do

[@prizm79]

the inisialise button wont appear for me :(

[@Sub0rueditz]

Does the SSD makes the PC Faster? or it's just for Archiving Files?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

it does make it faster yes

[@ThatsSoRaven]

Depends on what you do with it. As a boot drive: M.2 SSD - Fastest SSD - Fast HDD - Normal M.2 is a DIRECT connection to the motherboard, so it processes everything on the storage device faster than over cable as standard SSD and HDD would.

[@robik2521]

thx

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

You're welcome!

[@thehero2598]

Can you run OS off it? I am trying that but it wont boot does anyone know?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

yes you can, but performance won't be fantastic

[@thehero2598]

@@DanielJohnHowTo it wont work for me, any idea why?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

@@thehero2598 which part?

[@thehero2598]

@@DanielJohnHowTo i fixed it it qas something about mbr and grt partitions, had to cange it, ty anyway

[@bobward2322]

Will it handle a 2000 GB Crucial SSD?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

it should work fine

[@franciscopacheco7003]

Why so many disks? I have the same problem👹👻

[@basuhara]

do u lose speed connecting it via usb?

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

usb 3 and sata 2 which would be inside of your pc the speeds are pretty much the same so no.

[@venomplayz9763]

how many ssd does bro have 💀💀

[@jimmysingh7556]

666🎉

[@piotrjaga6929]

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[@RipZoe]

awesome video Thanks my man

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

No problem 👍

[@24nikita]

After connecting up, what happens if the ssd drive is not recognized by Windows 10. That`s when the headaches start. All youv`e done is show how to connect it, that`s the easy bit.

[@DanielJohnHowTo]

then you go to disk management and assign the drive a letter to use it

[@piotrjaga6929]

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