SSD failure?? Help

[1saacF]

So today my PC had been having some issues. I got a new controller and I plugged it into one of my front panel USB ports. It was working fin at first, but I unplugged it and when I re-plugged it, it wouldn't power on. It does work when I plug it into my rear USB parts, however.

 

Here comes the weird part. I go back to steam and half my games are gone (the ones downloaded on that drive). File explorer revealed to me that my 500gb SSD has vanished. The drive is discoverable in disk management, but it asks me to initialize the drive. I've tried re-initializing it but it gives me an error, saying that there was an i/o port issue.

 

My front USB ports do power on my speaker without issues, but I figured they are just weak since I tested a USB drive on it and the new drive popup thing that windows has would appear, go away, then reappear.

 

My main problem is finding out what is wrong with my SSD.

 

Any help is appreciated

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7 minutes ago, 1saacF said:

So today my PC had been having some issues. I got a new controller and I plugged it into one of my front panel USB ports. It was working fin at first, but I unplugged it and when I re-plugged it, it wouldn't power on. It does work when I plug it into my rear USB parts, however.

 

Here comes the weird part. I go back to steam and half my games are gone (the ones downloaded on that drive). File explorer revealed to me that my 500gb SSD has vanished. The drive is discoverable in disk management, but it asks me to initialize the drive. I've tried re-initializing it but it gives me an error, saying that there was an i/o port issue.

 

My front USB ports do power on my speaker without issues, but I figured they are just weak since I tested a USB drive on it and the new drive popup thing that windows has would appear, go away, then reappear.

 

My main problem is finding out what is wrong with my SSD.

 

Any help is appreciated

What case and drive?

[1saacF]

1 minute ago, Cool_Evlo said:

What case and drive?

obscure case, its "zalman m3 plus"

ssd, PNY CS900 500GB 

[kb5zue]

When I run into a problem such as yours, I use the AOMEI Partition Assistant to figure things out.  The free version has worked for me for a long time without any problems or questions.  Maybe it will work for you too, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  And don't forget to hit the "apply" button in the upper left corner between the different steps.  It will partition, format, scan, etc....

 

https://www.diskpart.com/free-partition-manager.html

 

Good Luck.

[1saacF]

20 minutes ago, kb5zue said:

When I run into a problem such as yours, I use the AOMEI Partition Assistant to figure things out.  The free version has worked for me for a long time without any problems or questions.  Maybe it will work for you too, you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  And don't forget to hit the "apply" button in the upper left corner between the different steps.  It will partition, format, scan, etc....

 

https://www.diskpart.com/free-partition-manager.html

 

Good Luck.

Thx, that helped. It gave me an error code 203, meaning that there are bad sectors on the drive. Have no clue what to do about that tho lol

[kb5zue]

4 minutes ago, 1saacF said:

Thx, that helped. It gave me an error code 203, meaning that there are bad sectors on the drive. Have no clue what to do about that tho lol

I believe that when you partition/format a drive, whether it is an HDD or an SSD, using the AOMEI partition software, it will mark/identify the bad sectors and put the in the file allocation table or whatever it is so that those particular spots on the drive can not, or will not, be used again.  That is one reason that I use that software for anything that has to do with a drive no matter the type or size.

 

Good Luck.