Using replaced harddisk as external harddisk

Hello!
I replaced the hdd of my X60 thinkpad and I would like to use the replaced old harddisk as an external hdd. I put it into an external 2,5' USB assembly, but the HDD is not recognized...
Regards,
Tobias

tschittkowski wrote:
........but as far as I know, that is no full disk encryption) (?)
- The drive appears in the "remove hardware" tray icon as Hitachi...USB Device, but under settings/volumes no volumes are listed (the list is empty).
- There is no entry in my disk managment console
Did you mention this because when you had the drive in your system there was a hard drive password set in BIOS?
If this is the case, you will need to reinstall the drive in your X60 and remove the hard drive password. The drive doesn't need to be an FDE drive to be "locked" and invisible to an OS.
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