You can use Disk Utility to mount and repair your unrecognized external SSD. When your external storage drive turns corrupt, your Mac may not recognize the drive. Repair External SSD by Using Disk Utility You can also try connecting the SSD to a different USB port on Mac or reconnect it to another Mac. So, ensure that the SSD connectivity is perfect. In this case, the connecting cables of your SSD may be loose, damaged, or worn out. The most common method to fix the unrecognized external SSD issue on Mac is to check the USB connection. The next section describes several DIY methods to fix unrecognized SSD and recover data from it. Now, what to do next? How to make Mac recognize external SSD or recover the data stored on it? You can’t access your data from the external SSD any longer. But, what if an external SSD does not get recognized by your Mac. For instance, you can use the SSD to transfer data to and from your Mac, clone Macintosh HD, restore data to Mac, and so forth. Since its too messy to install windows on 1 device and then port it to other, I have inserted the ssd in the new laptop.Common factors that make an SSD not recognizable on Mac:Ī recognized Mac external SSD allows you to perform various tasks on Mac with great ease. **so my ultimate question is this : I have a drive with two partitions, I want to install windows 10 on just one while the other partition remains untouched. I have since formatted the partition in NTFS. I will not be connecting-disconnecting it again and again. This is why i wanna 'preserve' the partition with el capitan.
Its my fathers old work laptop and i have standing instructions to not to edit anything on it (but the damn thing is running windows 7), since there will come a day when he'll have to return it. Thank you!Įdit: Im gonna use the ssd as an internal ssd on the HP laptop, not as an external with an enclosure. I understand that unlike Mac, Windows has to be installed separately for each and every computer, I can't use some other laptops ssd to boot this laptop.Īny help or comments are appreciated. What I want is to just install Windows on the exfat partition What I fear is that by using a recovery cd to install Windows, the program might overwrite over all my existing data. Situation as of now - I have a bootable usb of Windows 10 but it asks for a cd disk, and I can't seem to find a way to use the usb.
My questions is - how can I use this very ssd to run Windows 10 on my other (HP) laptop off the exfat partition? So my main laptop is a MacBook which runs on a Samsung 850 evo ssd, has 2 partitions- one runs El Capitan and other is formatted as exfat.
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