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My new PC Case does not have space for a Bluray drive so I got myself a USB to SATA cable.

My drive pops up in windows as a mass storage device but MakeMKV is unable to see the drive.

Is there a work around for this?


Cheers,
Sam.

Does the operating system treat it as an optical drive? Does Windows show it with an icon like a DVD?

To clear the simple first:

1. Does your SATA to USB converter include a 12 volt supply?
2. Does the device work as an optical drive in Windows? Can it read optical discs?

Woodstock is faster than me.

Thanks for the help guys.

The cable I'm using is the type with the 12v supply.

I am able to read files of a Bluray (I've not tried to play a DVD movie yet).

I cannot get access to the PC at the moment as I have friends staying in the room.

As soon as I can I will do more testing but I'm thinking because windows is seeing the drive as a mass storage device it won't operate as DVD player.

Is there any way to make the a USB device look like a SATA device?

That's actually what the USB->SATA device is supposedly doing for you, but Windows can refuse to cooperate. It's actually rare for Windows to do that.

Woodstock wrote:That's actually what the USB->SATA device is supposedly doing for you, but Windows can refuse to cooperate. It's actually rare for Windows to do that.

Bummer