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PNY SSD not erasing

Foxxify
By Foxxify
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Hello! I have a PNY 500GB SSD that will not wipe. I used it in my laptop for about a month before I put it in my brand new build. When I went to install windows, it wouldn't write to the SSD, only the HDD. So whatever. I'll just install to the HDD and wipe the hard drive from there. After installing windows on the HDD, the windows partition manager said it wasn't initialized. When I tried to initialize it, windows threw an error saying that the i/o device isn't working (or something like that). Maybe the SSD is corrupted? I tried a few disk wipers, to no avail. And now I'm booted into DBAN, but it is going super slow. I'm not sure if I'm able to stop the DBAN operation without permanent damage to my SSD. The picture should have all the information needed.

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Do you by any chance have an external HDD enclosure handy? You could try plugging the SSD into that and then plugging it via USB to your computer. From there you could try formatting it. If it doesn't work, your SSD is probably dead.

1 hour ago, LAwLz said:

I am getting pretty fucking sick and tired of the "watch something else" responses. It's such a cop out answer because you could say that about basically anything, and it doesn't address the actual complaints. People use it as some kind of card they pull when they can't actually respond to the criticism raised but they still feel like they need to defend some company/person. If you don't like this thread then stop reading it. See how stupid it is? It's basically like telling someone "shut the fuck up". It's not a clever responsive, it doesn't address anything said, and it is rude. 

 

 

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I do know where I could borrow one. Would it be harmful to stop DBAN in the middle of the wipe cycle?

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