I would like to replace my 250G hard drive with a 1TB - is this possible

[ALIENUK]

I have tried both USB2/SATA & USB3.11/SATA - niether shows new 2TB disk in windows file explorer BUT both cables will show existing outboard SSD I have had for two years. Windows Disk Management DOES show my new 2TB SSD but states it is not initialized. It also shows in Device Manager but i cannot initialize or assign a volume number from Device Manager.  I have uninstalled the disk in Device Manager and rebooted my desktop but still not showing in file explorer. I have tried all recommended suggestions I can find but cannot find a solution. It looks like I need to either initialize or at least assign it a volume number but there does not appear anyway to make file explorer recognize the 2TB SSD 

HELP!!!!

thanks in advance

[banhien]

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@ALIENUK wrote:

... Windows Disk Management DOES show my new 2TB SSD but states it is not initialized....

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@ALIENUK 

Well, that does makes sense. Please try

            https://www.diskpart.com/articles/samsung-ssd-not-initialized-8523.html

Regards.

[ALIENUK]

thanks Banhien - that worked great. After downloading AOMEI I was able to rebuild MBR (took about 2 hours), then diskmgmt.msc recognized the disk and i was able to initialize. After initializing Samsung Data Migration recognized my new SSD as DRIVE G: - that allowed me to migrate files from my C: DRIVE to my new SSD G: DRIVE and now it displays perfectly in File Explorer.

I have yet to migrate the OS Windows 10 and will advise accordingly. Right now I need to get out of this office chair as I have spent entirely too much time here over last few days

thanks again Banhien

[freza0]

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@ALIENUK wrote:

my 250g hard is way too full despite extensive space saving measures like storing files on OneDrive only and moving larger files to SSD drives. I would like to replace my HDD with a 1TB HDD or SSD - is this possible ??

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