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Can't read M.2 NVMe PCIe drive installed in usb-c drive enclosure using SATA male-to-male coupler and SATA-to-USB-C adapter

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I have a usb-c drive enclosure that has a M.2 NVMe PCIe drive installed in it. I am using a SATA male-to-male coupler to connect a mobo SATA cable to a female SATA-to-USB-C  connector. However, after I boot up and use explorer to view my drives, the M.2 drive isn't recognized(I can't "see" it).

I know the drive is good since I installed it in my pc and it booted and worked perfectly.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Rick

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Rick, if your NVMe M.2 SSD is not seen within Explorer then it seems most likely that there are some driver type issues at work which are not related to any Acronis software installed.

Personally, I have been using the following adapter bought from Amazon UK which works fine for my own such SSDs.   FIDECO M.2 NVME and SATA SSD Enclosure - USB 3.2, Gen2, 10Gbps, SSD Adapter with Built-in Fan and RGB Light, Hard Drive Case for M-Key and B+M Key M.2 NVME or SATA SSD of 2230/2242/2260/2280

I am not surprised that it does not work. You are going through several "incompatible" protocols. NVMe > USB > SATA. It may have worked if the M.2 drive was SATA rather than NVMe. You could try a USB C to USB A patch cable, which will not be mixing potentially incompatible protocols. 

Thank you Steve and Ian for your help. I will give those a try and let you know the results and mark one or both as solutions dependent on the results.

Thanks,

Rick

Forgot to mention in the original post that I am trying to avoid having to install the recovery M.2 drives in my PC to test them, and therefore I am looking for a M.2 NVMe PCIe drive enclosure that I can boot from.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Rick

 

Owing to restrictions imposed by Microsoft, Acronis cannot create a bootable "clone" of a system HDD/SSD to a removable storage. Definitely the case for USB, a little more difficult to be certain if you are using an eSATA connection (are you using eSATA or SATA port on the motherboard). You cannot make a bootable clone to USB NVMe enclosure. If you have two M.2 ports on the motherboard you could do so, or a PCIe NVMe card if there is no spare port.  

Ian - I have recovered to a M.2 NVMe PCIe drive through a USB-C to PCIe(same PCIe M.2 port as on mobo) drive dock, then installed the drive in PCIe M.2 mobo port and it booted and ran flawlessly.

I have SATA connectors on my mobo.

Thanks,

Rick

Rick, thanks for the update. Glad you got there in the end.

I've installed a PCIe card in my PC that has an M.2 NVMe SSD drive slot as well as a M.2 SATA SSD B+M drive slot in which I installed a M.2 NVMe SSD and  M.2 SATA SSD respectively. I can recover to these drives and I can boot from the M.2 NVMe drive and check the M.2 SATA SSD to see if the recover operation succeeded. I can do this without having to uninstall the boot source drive and install the boot target drive.

Here is the PCIe card I purchased on Amazon: Dual M.2 PCIE Adapter for SATA or PCIE NVMe SSD with Advanced Heat Sink Solution,M.2 SSD NVME (m Key) and SATA (b Key) 22110 2280 2260 2242 2230 to PCI-e x 4 Host Controller Expansion Card

Thanks for everyone's help,

Rick