SSD problem

[Trt124]

Hi. My ssd is acting weird lately. When I delete some files on it that exact files keeps coming back after I restart my computer. I even try to delete the Windows folder using my laptop but when i put it back on my pc it still keeps booting up to windows like nothing happened. Pls help.

[Uptivuptiz]

Is this the primary storage device of your system? If not then you can try and format it.

[NewMaxx]

Sounds like it's in read-only mode. This usually happens at the end of the life of the device unless it was set inadvertently somehow.

[Trt124]

4 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

Is this the primary storage device of your system? If not then you can try and format it.

Its my primary storage. I also try to format it but nothing happend. All files are still there.

[Trt124]

3 minutes ago, NewMaxx said:

Sounds like it's in read-only mode. This usually happens at the end of the life of the device unless it was set inadvertently somehow.

My SSD is only a year old. So any solutions? I already try the attribute command in cmd to remove the readonly mode but nothing happened.

[Uptivuptiz]

1 minute ago, Trt124 said:

Its my primary storage. I also try to format it but nothing happend. All files are still there.

If you have a secondary PC on hand I'd recommend that you connect the SSD to that and format it with Diskpart.

Follow this guide until step 7, then go to Disk Management and format the drive like you normally would.

[NewMaxx]

Check SMART with CrystalDiskInfo, there should be warning signs with the values there that something is wrong. There are some SSDs that can go bad on a whim like that, though, particularly DRAM-less NVMe that use HMB (repeated sudden power loss or unexpected shutdowns = corrupted data = retries = sufficient failures to retry will flag a bad block = enough in a short period of time is death = read-only, etc).

[Trt124]

3 minutes ago, Uptivuptiz said:

If you have a secondary PC on hand I'd recommend that you connect the SSD to that and format it with Diskpart.

Follow this guide until step 7, then go to Disk Management and format the drive like you normally would.

I already done that but again nothing happened. It just boot normaly when I put it back on my pc.

 

[Trt124]

6 minutes ago, NewMaxx said:

Check SMART with CrystalDiskInfo, there should be warning signs with the values there that something is wrong. There are some SSDs that can go bad on a whim like that, though, particularly DRAM-less NVMe that use HMB (repeated sudden power loss or unexpected shutdowns = corrupted data = retries = sufficient failures to retry will flag a bad block = enough in a short period of time is death = read-only, etc).

Here is my crystaldisk mark info.

[NewMaxx]

Health looks good actually. Team L5 Lite 3D I'm guessing by the firmware (SM2258). These drives are known to sometimes have issues, but the numbers look good and it would fall under RMA if necessary.

 

My only question from that screenshot is why it's running in SATA2 (3 Gb/s) rather than SATA3 (6 Gb/s) mode, guessing you were testing different SATA ports. Maybe an older system/motherboard. Shouldn't impact reliability though. If you can't do a secure erase on it or update/replace the firmware, then it's probably stuck in a hardware read-only mode that Team has to deal with unfortunately.

[Trt124]

17 minutes ago, NewMaxx said:

Health looks good actually. Team L5 Lite 3D I'm guessing by the firmware (SM2258). These drives are known to sometimes have issues, but the numbers look good and it would fall under RMA if necessary.

 

My only question from that screenshot is why it's running in SATA2 (3 Gb/s) rather than SATA3 (6 Gb/s) mode, guessing you were testing different SATA ports. Maybe an older system/motherboard. Shouldn't impact reliability though. If you can't do a secure erase on it or update/replace the firmware, then it's probably stuck in a hardware read-only mode that Team has to deal with unfortunately.

Yep my MB is old its using h61 chipset. Regarding secure erase and firmware update, can you please tell me how to to do that? And I forgot to tell you. Whenever I try to scan my computer using windows defender and malwarebytes, my pc would restart and it would not let the scan finish. I also cant boot in safemode for some reason.

[NewMaxx]

Secure erase can sometimes be done in the BIOS or in the manufacturer's SSD toolbox, otherwise some programs can do it - a secure erase basically wipes the mapping data/table while a sanitize does this plus wipes the drive data. Technically, a format in Windows is equivalent to a secure erase (at least on newer Windows), but I suspect you already tried that and failed since it's read-only. I often use bootable linux to deal with SSDs but that might be outside your skillset. Firmware update would be from the manufacturer (Team) as well, sometimes that will rejog a drive. So you will have to deal with their support system most likely.

 

I have in fact had flash devices in read-only mode many times and it very much looks like Groundhog Day (for lack of a better analogy), generally recovery of writes is impossible without manufacturer intervention (although again sometimes a SE/sanitize and/or firmware update will reinitialize the device) as this is a hardware switch by the firmware to protect the contents so you can retrieve the data. It means something catastrophically went wrong - although all your SMART values look good. The L5 Lite 3D drives are prone to this because they use lesser-quality flash and an OEM version of the SMI SM2258 controller which is one reason I had to stop suggesting people buy them (although I do own one).

 

I did have it happen to a Team device before and they replaced it without issue, though.

[Trt124]

17 minutes ago, NewMaxx said:

Secure erase can sometimes be done in the BIOS or in the manufacturer's SSD toolbox, otherwise some programs can do it - a secure erase basically wipes the mapping data/table while a sanitize does this plus wipes the drive data. Technically, a format in Windows is equivalent to a secure erase (at least on newer Windows), but I suspect you already tried that and failed since it's read-only. I often use bootable linux to deal with SSDs but that might be outside your skillset. Firmware update would be from the manufacturer (Team) as well, sometimes that will rejog a drive. So you will have to deal with their support system most likely.

 

I have in fact had flash devices in read-only mode many times and it very much looks like Groundhog Day (for lack of a better analogy), generally recovery of writes is impossible without manufacturer intervention (although again sometimes a SE/sanitize and/or firmware update will reinitialize the device) as this is a hardware switch by the firmware to protect the contents so you can retrieve the data. It means something catastrophically went wrong - although all your SMART values look good. The L5 Lite 3D drives are prone to this because they use lesser-quality flash and an OEM version of the SMI SM2258 controller which is one reason I had to stop suggesting people buy them (although I do own one).

 

I did have it happen to a Team device before and they replaced it without issue, though.

Sounds like its better if I just replace it. What SSDs would you recommend?

[NewMaxx]

30 minutes ago, Trt124 said:

Sounds like its better if I just replace it. What SSDs would you recommend?

https://www.reddit.com/r/NewMaxx/comments/dhvrdm/ssd_guides_resources/