I have connected a HDD that I have removed from my old PS3 which I would like to format.
When I plug it into the computer via the USB to Sata lead the HDD doesn't appear in my computer but it appears under printers and Devices. As shown below.
I am using windows 7 and the cable that I have connect the HDD is the same as the following
How would I be able to format this HDD and have it appearing under my computer to be used as external storage?
Well, the "bridge" is not technically the hard drive. I would try to install some drivers for the "bridge" first and see if that helps.
If you can verify that that's working, then go to Device Manager and look under Disk Drives and see if it appears. There may be a setting to "show hidden devices" under "View" that you can try hitting.
If still no luck, there's a chance that Windows can't read the drive at all somehow - because it's formatted specially for PS4. If you have a lower-level hard drive partitioning tool, such as a Linux LiveCD, that might be able to read it and format it for you. Then you might be able to plug it into Windows and format it there the way you want.
You should be able to find the drive in device manager as an unallocated drive. Once there, right click and select new simple volume and you should be able to see the drive.
