Crucial M500 SSD wont format, grrr

metalmackey · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:16

Hi Guys

Just got a m500 960GB. Went in disk management to set it up so I can copy stuff from my hard drive to it. It found the SSD and the partition wizard runs ok. I click finish and it creates a partion but doesn't format it and an error comes up about try refreshing the task or restarting disk management. Using RST drivers 12.5. I restart DM and the partition is there but format will display the error.

Any ideas?

wazza300 · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:48

tried a secure erasing tool?

metalmackey · 29 Jun 2013 at 17:58

Like? Nowt came with the poxy thing.

wazza300 · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:02

cant you format it,quick format then create the partition?

secure erase tools are

parted magic and gparted you have to burn them to dvd/cd and boot from them

metalmackey · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:19

the SSD isn't and wont be my boot drive. I have a 840 Pro as my boot drive. The crucial M500 is in my cases x dock bay. I want to format it so I can move the data from my Seagate hdd (mostly steam games) to the M500 si I can replace the hdd with the SSD.

wazza300 · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:21

oh ok,maybe it wont format it because its in a dock bay? idk could try it connected to motherboard,other than that idk why it wont format,should be straight forward

metalmackey · 29 Jun 2013 at 18:24

No, I formatted a 2.5 inch HDD with no probs in X dock.

metalmackey · 29 Jun 2013 at 20:48

I forgot to mention that the first time I clicked finish on the partition wizard I immediately got a BSOD.

Phil2008 · 30 Jun 2013 at 12:18

What I would do, secure erase it, and see if windows will install and if not, RMA it

Phil2008 · 30 Jun 2013 at 12:25

Like maydo the x dock and the ssd are not compatible,, Id deffo try it connected to your motherboard, as these externals can be very fussy

metalmackey · 30 Jun 2013 at 15:20

I got it to work today

Uninstalled it from device manager, scanned for new hardware and went to disk management and worked first time. Just copied 425 gigs to it.

Phil2008 · 30 Jun 2013 at 16:00

metalmackey said:
I got it to work today Uninstalled it from device manager, scanned for new hardware and went to disk management and worked first time. Just copied 425 gigs to it.

I wish I had the money, to blow £500 on a 1tb drive

Id replace my 640gb hdd that I use it for games/storage.

metalmackey · 1 Jul 2013 at 18:43

Thanks to my awesome bro, it's in and working