SSD not showing up as Hard Dist

Jeff Thompson

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Oct 5, 2013
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I am trying to clone my existing HD to a new SSD that will install in my laptop that is running windows 7.

I have a Samsung 840 EVO (750GB), and have it connected using a NexStar hub (to a USB 3.0 port), however when it is connected it is showing up as "DVD RW Drive" and only has 37MB of storage. When I view it in Device Manager and look under "format" my only options are as a UDF format rather than NTFS (which I believe it should be- but I'm new to this).

Thanks for the help!

 
Solution
Cloning software typically wont work thru usb3 as they dont have drivers for them. Switch to a usb2 port and you should be good.