I am attempting to use my SanDisk Extreme Portable SSD V2 1TB drive for the first time. It appears in Windows 11 File Explorer as “CD Drive (E:) SanDisk Unlocker” with subfolders “Extras” and “Locale”. Right-clicking the drive and selecting “Properties” shows “Used space:” of 6.03 MB and “Free space:” of 0 bytes. I tried to add another subfolder, but this wasn’t an option in the main context menu, nor in “Show more options”. I followed replies to related posts in this forum for both (1) dragging and dropping a 700 KB file from my PC to the drive, and for (2) copying and pasting the same file, with no success. Additionally, I attempted to set up a file backup using AOMEI Backupper Standard. The drive didn’t appear in the destination location dropdown menu, but I was able to first select “Select a local path” and then browse to the drive. However, when I selected it I received the error message, “Please insert a disk into CD Drive (E:).”
That’s the brick wall I’m up against at present, and I’ll very much appreciate any suggestions for a way forward.
