Connecting SATA DVD Drive to USB error

Scott_69

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Apr 4, 2016
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I have a SATA DVD drive from a desktop and a SATA to usb converter. The drive shows up as a mass storage device in my device manager but doesn't work otherwise and shows an error reading: "The last USB device you connected to this somputer malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognise it." Is there a driver that I might be missing or would this most likely be a hardware error.