There's a missing detail in your posts. Maybe by showing up you meant Windows File Explorer. What I want to get from you is about if the drive shows in the BIOS, Device Manager, Windows Disk Management and a SPECCY REPORT which you can share at https://www.piriform.com/docs/speccy/using-speccy/publishing-a-speccy-profile-to-the-web
I have an Acer Predator Helios 300 gaming laptop.
Along with it I bought a 1 TB Western Digital HDD ( 2.5 inch of course ) and tried to connect it to the SATA1 cable ( there's an easy-to-get-to HDD caddy in the laptop ).
The problem here is that the HDD didn't get read at all. It spins ( which means it connects power ) but there's no data at all. windows can't read it and in BIOS it shows SATA1 : None.
Here's what makes things interesting; the same hard drive runs normally when connected to a PC's SATA cable. runs perfectly, spins and gets read like a charm.
Another crazy thing is that same hard drive can be read normally using a USB3.0 Rack ( via USB obviously ) on my own laptop ( the predator helios ).
I know what's going on in your mind now; "Obviously the laptop's SATA cable is faulty.". That's exactly what I thought but Nope, that isn't the case at all.
I have connected another old laptop's Hard drive I had before and it works like a darn charm. I also sent the laptop back to the seller to check it for manufacturing issues and they said the laptop's clean.
any ideas ?
PS: My OS is windows 10 64 bit ( which comes pre-installed on my laptop )


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