Using old MacBook Pro ssd in windows pc

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Using old MacBook Pro ssd in windows pc

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I have a windows gaming pc, and an old macbook pro (early 2011, 15 inch, with a 512gb ssd). I have taken out the ssd from the macbook because it doesnt work any more (hasnt for a long time). I want to mount it to my windows 11 pc, but when I connect it, my pc crashes and restarts, then tries to boot and wont boot (like it's trying to boot from the mac drive).

How can I mount the mac ssd so I can see it, format it and use it in my windows pc? TIA

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You’ll need to boot up your system under Windows and the connect the 2.5” SSD via a SATA to USB adapter so you can fully wipe the drive and then install a fresh copy of Windows onto it.

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Thanks Dan.

I tried that. The problem i had (and i've fixed it now) is that because it came from a macbook with a mac OS install, it had the EFI partition, so it tried to boot as soon as it was connected/ So as you say, I used a SATA-USB adapter (from another external drive in a case), connected it as an external drive and then formatted the partition to NTFS. Then I used some software to delete the EFI and removed that partition, and now it works fine. I didnt want to install windows on it, just to use it as a second storage drive.

Thanks for your reply :)

Daniel 의 2022년 10월 23일

i have the same issue but it recognises the SSD but the data inside the ssd is not showing up

mukunt venkatesan 의 2024년 6월 11일

@mukuntvenk28785 - Remember! MacOS file structures are not compatible within Windows natively. So you won’t see the files unless you get the needed driver for Windows. There is then the issue of which format the drive was running the older HFS+ or the newer APFS and then was the drive and or files encrypted.

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Thanks Dan.

I tried that. The problem i had (and i've fixed it now) is that because it came from a macbook with a mac OS install, it had the EFI partition, so it tried to boot as soon as it was connected/ So as you say, I used a SATA-USB adapter (from another external drive in a case), connected it as an external drive and then formatted the partition to NTFS. Then I used some software to delete the EFI and removed that partition, and now it works fine. I didnt want to install windows on it, just to use it as a second storage drive.

Thanks for your reply :) — Daniel
i have the same issue but it recognises the SSD but the data inside the ssd is not showing up — mukunt venkatesan
@mukuntvenk28785 - Remember! MacOS file structures are not compatible within Windows natively. So you won’t see the files unless you get the needed driver for Windows. There is then the issue of which format the drive was running the older HFS+ or the newer APFS and then was the drive and or files encrypted. — Dan

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