How To Convert an Internal HDD to USB Flash Drive

In this video, I outline the steps I took to convert my old hard disk drive into a USB flash drive. Earlier, I replaced my PC's internal hard drive with an SSD. I am know using this old hard drive for external storage.

[@bartthetreeguy4764]

Please re-title to How to Convert Internal HDD to External Hard Drive. I came to this video to try to make my drive work with something that only works with Flash Drives. Your video is informative and I think you are doing good work. I just think that might help clarify for folks like me who misunderstand the intentions of the video. Thanks!

[@Michalix9217]

Thanks a lot

[@neo-YoutubeStoleMyHandle]

I pulled a good internal drive out of the computer and want to use it temporarily as a USB drive. I use a USB to SATA adapter connecting the drive to a USB port and the computer recognizes it but there's no data on it and I can't do anything with it. I'm waiting for the new motherboard sata connectors to arrive to fix this drive. Is there any way to access data on this drive until I get the sata connector fixed on the M/B????

[@iwasdeceived]

For the sake of accuracy, you didn't actually convert your internal HDD to a USB "flash" drive. A normal internal HDD has mechanical parts. A normal flash drive is solid-state, just like the SSD you installed when you replaced your internal HDD. What you did is convert your internal HDD to an external USB HDD for storage. Not trying to be picky...But as a math whiz, I thought you would appreciate the clarification.

[@lelloscavone]

Excuse me, do you know a way to convert an internal drive to a FLASH drive please?

[@agungpriambodo1674]

It doesn't matter if it's solid state, mechanical or liquid state
what matters is can I use it to store movies and play them on tv

[@jameschambers6557]

@@agungpriambodo1674 Unless, of course, you came here hoping to actually learn how to make an hdd be seen as a flash drive.

[@rav3two]

Yhis video does not show what the title says...

[@harryhimpson5663]

thats not converting it to a pen drive at all all its doing is deleting the partition and re formatting to ntfs pen drives use fat32 complete waste of time