Samsung SSD issue after secure erase

eggcup · 16 Jun 2020 at 12:12

Don't know if anyone will know how to fix this but I did a secure erase on Samsung SSD from with the bios of my pc and now the drive is formatted however it doesn't show as a Samsung drive or show up in Samsung magician anymore it just shows as a Microsoft storage device? Anyone know how I can fix this?

Mcnumpty2323 · 16 Jun 2020 at 12:20

Have you formatted it in disk management?
Or do another secure erase but use Samsung magician to do it
If it will let you

eggcup · 16 Jun 2020 at 12:41

Mcnumpty2323 said:
Have you formatted it in disk management?
Or do another secure erase but use Samsung magician to do it
If it will let you

Yes I have files on it, the drive itself is working fine however it just doesn't show up in Samsung magician as it's just a Microsoft storage device as far as windows is concerned so chance of being able to secure erase via their app.

Mcnumpty2323 · 16 Jun 2020 at 12:58

magician creates a bootable usb to secure erase
so may work ok
try uninstalling the driver in device manager
then scan for hardware changes
was it part of storage spaces?

eggcup · 17 Jun 2020 at 12:59

Mcnumpty2323 said:
magician creates a bootable usb to secure erase
so may work ok
try uninstalling the driver in device manager
then scan for hardware changes
was it part of storage spaces?

Yep using the Samsung secure erase did the trick , thank you.

Mcnumpty2323 · 17 Jun 2020 at 15:09

eggcup said:
Yep using the Samsung secure erase did the trick , thank you.

You're very welcome

Paul_RD · 20 Jun 2020 at 16:40

eggcup said:
Don't know if anyone will know how to fix this but I did a secure erase on Samsung SSD from with the bios of my pc and now the drive is formatted however it doesn't show as a Samsung drive or show up in Samsung magician anymore it just shows as a Microsoft storage device? Anyone know how I can fix this?

Had you used the motherboard BIOS to Secure Erase an SSD on a previous occasion and was it successful?
What motherboard have you got?

I have got an ASUS Crosshair VII x470 and I have used the motherboard BIOS to Secure Erase several SSD's and it worked every time.

eggcup · 20 Jun 2020 at 19:04

Paul_RD said:
Had you used the motherboard BIOS to Secure Erase an SSD on a previous occasion and was it successful?
What motherboard have you got?

I have got an ASUS Crosshair VII x470 and I have used the motherboard BIOS to Secure Erase several SSD's and it worked every time.

When I completed it from within the bios it was successful yes, the only thing that was wrong was that it wasn't showing up as a Samsung SSD within windows it was just just showing up as a Microsoft storage device it worked perfectly though other than that minor issue.

Paul_RD · 20 Jun 2020 at 19:28

eggcup said:
When I completed it from within the bios it was successful yes, the only thing that was wrong was that it wasn't showing up as a Samsung SSD within windows it was just just showing up as a Microsoft storage device it worked perfectly though other than that minor issue.

Thanks for the confirmation.
I was concerned that using the motherboard BIOS option could fry the SSD, however yours didn't actually fry it so I will continue to use the BIOS option as before - thanks!