Hdd works in sata port, but usb adaptor says it is not formated.

[liquidzorch]

I have a sata Hdd that is good, and almost full of info. When connected to sata port in computer I can access the files. But when I connect this hdd to a sata-usb converter (with the power adaptor obviously), the computer detects the disc but says it has no format. In disc management it appears as 1 partiton with no format.

If I reconect it to sata port on computer it detects the hdd and files. In disk manager it appears as basic disc.

I have used this adaptor with a different hdd and it works perfectly. No errors.

I did get this error with a different adaptor and hdd about a year ago, and never looked in to it.

Is there any option that could make it usable with usb?

 

[popatim]

is there more than one partition on it?
What format is the drive in? NTFS I assume
Which external adapter is this? Several dont work well with SSD's.

 

[liquidzorch]

is there more than one partition on it?
What format is the drive in? NTFS I assume
Which external adapter is this? Several dont work well with SSD's.

There is only one partition on it, it is fat32, it is a 320gb western digital. Im not sure of the adaptor, but the adaptor works with a different hdd of same size and same partiton (fat32).

 

[fzabkar]

The symptoms suggest that sector 0 (MBR and partition table) is readable but sector 63 or 2048 (the boot sector) may not be.

Could you show us the contents of sector 0 with a disc editor (eg DMDE freeware)?

You could also use DMDE to Search For Special Sector.

I suspect that there may be a 4KB LBA issue, even though your post seems to exclude this possibility.