Source SSD shows as Removable with No Media
After cloning a 250GB SSD to a 500GB SSD, my source SSD shows up as Removable and having No Media in Disk Management. The clone itself worked perfectly, but how can I go about recovering the smaller source SSD to continue using? I used Acronis True Image 2015 for the clone.
Status/Tried:
- Can't format in Disk Management, and doesn't even show up as a volume. Only as a removable with no media.
- DISKPART (in cmd) cannot use clean or format on it
- If I go to computer and click on it, it gives message "Please insert disk into Removable Disk (:B)"
Any help will be so appreciated, thank you!


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I already completed the cloning, which seemingly worked perfectly. When doing it, I had the new SSD attached via USB and the source still in my laptop. It worked and the new one is in my computer now, though I want to know why my source SSD was made into a removable disk with no media and how to fix it.
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Jeffrey, how is your source SSD attached to your computer now? If it is attached via USB then Windows will always regard it as being a removable drive as that is exactly what any USB drive is.
What is shown in Windows Disk Management for both the internal SSD drive and the attached SSD drive? Please post a screen shot showing this.
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