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Thread: My PC can't detect drive from SATA to USB cable. What to do?

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    Default My PC can't detect drive from SATA to USB cable. What to do?

    Hi,
    I have a seagate 3,5'' HDD (31000524AS) and I want to change to a SSHD drive that I bought (ST1000DX002). Since my PC is a pre-built from DELL (XPS 8500), I can't really access the power supply so I don't think that I can add a cable for my new drive. I have referred this
    explainer video and decided to buy a SATA to USB 3.0 cable to transfer the data from the old drive to the new one but the drive connected via SATA to USB cable is not detected in the BIOS. I would need another power cable to plug in the drive that is connected via SATA to USB? Because this cable takes both the SATA port and the power port on the drive or even in the drive section of computer management.
    What could possible be wrong? How could I make this work?
    Thank you.

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    Hello carterturner,

    Sorry to hear of the problem, it will be best if I link you to a tech forum for the issue.

    Please register at What The Tech and start a topic in this forum.

    Hope they will find a solution.

    Best regards.
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