is my ssd dead?

100%scottish

100%scottish

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I will try to explain this in the best way I can..

I was downloading a DLC for skyrim earlier and windows os became (not responding). Not explorer but windows os. I rebooted and continued with DL and it happened again after about 10 mins. I rebooted and left the room. When I came back in my rig was sitting on a BSOD. Stupidly I didn't take a photo or anything. I rebooted and windows hung on the starting windows screen. I tried the recover option but that just hung as it was loading files. The ssd then dissapeared from the bios. After much unplugging and such I got the ssd to be detected in the bios... I inserted my windows os flash drive to try to repair windows but the windows installer wont recognise the drive, does this mean muly ssd is bricked?

The drive is a 256gb Samsung 840 btw
 
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if there is nothing on the drive you need I would try a secure erase and then a OS re install, have you got the latest firmware on there and the restoration tool ran on it too?

also try and leave the drive disconnected for 10 mins or so in case its gone in to a freeze state. if your able to do a secure erase after disconnect the power and sata cable for a few minutes before trying a OS re install
 
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100%scottish said:
How do I do a secure erase and probably don't have latest firmware, I haven't done an update since I got it. What is the restoration tool?
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They should have a software tool for things such as safe erase, I have intel SSD and on their website they provide a 'toolbox' in which you can do safe erase, update firmware etc.

I found these 2 on samsung website:
  • Magician Software
  • Performance Restoration Software
 
I had a drive used to do this self protect rubbish, which left it unreadable by bios, you fixed it by running it with power but no sata connected for a while, then plug in the sata.
Google search fo that, if it is in protect mode, then you wont need to recover windows, windows will be fine

It turned out a dodgy hdd was causing resume for power saving issues and that was triggering my ssd to go into protect mode.
 
Probably a failing block(s) if its the EVO the 840 EVO doesn't handle them gracefully before the performance restoration firmware in my experience and you'll need to run it and do a secure erase before it'll fully be fixed if it is the problem.
 
you can create a secure erase USB stick or CD from the magician software.

what I would do is connect the SSD as a second drive to a working PC (has to use sata cable and power cable not externally), install the magician software and also the restoration tool 1.1.

there will be a section to give you the option to update the firmware on the SSD, do this first.

run the restoration tool (done through windows) and once this has completed use the magician software to create a secure erase USB stick or CD.

once this is done reboot the PC and boot from the USB stick or CD you just created and then follow the secure erase steps.

once all this is done disconnect the SSD and leave it with no power or sata cable connected for a good ten minutes as the drive can go In to a freeze state once the secure erase has been done and then connect back up to your PC and install windows again
 
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