I seem to have struck a major roadblock in getting the SSD to work when connected externally via a USB socket.
[Previously I had backed up data only using DVD's and occasionally even to USB thumbdrives.]
Initially I connected the new Intel SSD 535 to a USB socket and power supply. Nothing happened and I eventually found a poor power connection between the AC/DC adaptor and the SSD; five hours to isolate and fix!
Now I get one positive result. Using Windows 7 Pro 64, if I run START => COMMAND PROMPT => DISKPART => LIST DISK - it shows as follows:
Disk 0 Status - Online Size - 465 GB Free - 0 GB
Disk 1 Status - Online Size - 447 GB Free - 447 GB
{Disk 1 only became visible after I debugged the above power connection, so it must be the SSD}
I then ran Select Disk 1 => clean and It responded "DiskPart succeeded in cleaning the disk"
It seems that the SSD is detectable and accessible at the DOS level.
But Windows does not detect the SSD.
- START => COMPUTER lists the HDD, DVD Drive and a USB Thumbdrive (if inserted) but does not detect the SSD.
- CONTROL PANEL => SYSTEM => DEVICE MANAGER does not seem to list anything related to the SSD. (I might have missed an acronym here.)
Intel Solid-State Drive Toolbox details the HDD but not the SSD.
- Intel Solid State Drives - nothing at all visible.
- Other Drives - C:\463.76 GB, 120.55 GB Used Space, 343.21 GB Free Space.
[Drive C:\ appears to be the one referred to as Disk 0 at DOS level.]
I am now totally lost, but past the point of frustration.
Tom