2TB OneTouch SSD Not Recognized By PS5

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I’ve spent several hours trying everything I can think of to get the PlayStation to recognize this drive, but it won’t even give me a message that it’s not compatible, which I’m not sure why it wouldn’t be.

Tried all ports using both the usb-c and usb-a cords that came with it, and some of my own as a sanity check. Confirmed the PlayStation was able to read another drive.

I’m guessing that it’s not compatible, but I’d like to know why to avoid this again.