DD JMicron not recognized Solved

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Hello everyone!
I hope I'm posting this message in the right place. I'm a beginner in computing and I need your help.
Here's my issue: I've disassembled my old PC and I want to transform the HDD into an SSD. So I want to format it. Apparently, it's not very complicated; I've done it before with the HDD of my Macbook a few years ago. I don't remember exactly how I did it, but I believe I had no problems.
This time, when I plug in the HDD (via a type of hub to which I can connect any format of hard drive without needing a casing), it is not recognized, neither by my PC (Windows 8), nor by my Mac (10.7), nor even by my Debian partition (Wheezy, via VMware Fusion on the Mac). Or rather, while the Mac doesn't see it at all (not even in the disk utility), it seems that it is at least first recognized by Windows and Linux, but I can't access it from the workstation: the first time I connected the hard drive to Windows, there was a fleeting icon that looked like a hard drive, but it disappeared immediately; and when I connect it to my Mac, with Debian running in parallel, the computer does indeed ask me which machine I want to connect the device to (which apparently is called JMicron / JMicron USA USB to ATA/ATAPI Bridge), but regardless of my choice, it ultimately doesn't appear anywhere...
Of course, I've tried unplugging and replugging the HDD several times, the same for the PC, searched for solutions to similar problems everywhere on the forums, dug into the device manager, etc., but I'm stuck.
The problem doesn't seem to come from the "hub" I'm using since it works very well with the other SSD/ex-HDD Mac.
The HDD in question is a Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 of 120GB. Can anyone give me a lead please?

flo88 · Answer

Hello  What is the interface of the hard drive in question? SATA? IDE?  -- Hello to you

GeeketteJr · Answer

hi flo88  sorry for the response time!  it's an IDE interface.

flo88 · Answer

Hello  You need to go to Disk Management to initialize and/or format the disk. Right-click on My Computer, then "Manage," then "Disk Management," where the disk will be visible.   -- Hello to you

GeeketteJr · Answer

Hi,

first of all, thanks for the info, there’s progress as I can indeed see my disk.

Until now, I had only looked in the Device Manager.

But now I have another issue: Windows is asking me to initialize the disk in order to continue, and I have the choice between "Master Boot Sector" and "GPT Partition (GUID Partition Table)." I first chose the second option and got the message "The specified disk is not convertible because the size is less than the minimum required size for GPT disks." And if I choose the first option, I get the message "This disk is not ready." I really feel like I'm at an impasse...

flo88 · Answer

See here:  https://forums.commentcamarche.net/forum/affich-37636479-installer-un-nouveau-disque-dur   -- Hello at your place

GeeketteJr · Answer

Yes, that's exactly what I did, but I still get the same message when initializing: "The device is not ready." I checked if the drivers were up to date, and they are.
I think I will try from a less recent PC: the hard drive is 10 years old, so I'm afraid it might pose a problem with my new PC.
I will repost if I find the solution, it could always help someone else. In the meantime, any other suggestions are always welcome!

GeeketteJr · Answer

Well, problem solved: it was just my power connection that was faulty, that's all... The instructions given in the link above worked perfectly with another connection.
Sorry for the inconvenience! And thanks flo88 for the attempts to help!

DD JMicron not recognized

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