So I recently got a 2.5" 500GB SATA3 SSD (Crucial MX200) and a USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA3 adapter. When I try plugging the SSD into my laptop via USB3 I'd expect the drive to show up in Disk Management in the Control Panel in Windows 7. Even if it's not formatted I'd still expect it to show up but it isn't.
I tried the USB 3.0 to 2.5" SATA3 adapter on a 500GB SATA3 HDD and it read that one just fine - it's just not reading the SSD.
Could my SSD be bad? It's brand new..