SSD not found

[Calsuit]

I was just wondering if I could get some help to get my SSD is not recognized it's a Samsung Evo 500 GB it's been so long I can't remember the actual model type but on my computer it says not initialized and unknown and it can't find it, I did have stuff on it because I used it as a external SSD before for a laptop. Is there anything I can do to get it working with or without salvaging content on it?

[aDoomGuy]

Please list all your storage devices (don't need any model numbers or anything just capacity first and foremost). Then post a picture of your disk management screen?

 

To find disk management on Win 10/11 just right click start menu and locate it in the list.

[Calsuit]

12 minutes ago, aDoomGuy said:

Please list all your storage devices (don't need any model numbers or anything just capacity first and foremost). Then post a picture of your disk management screen?

 

To find disk management on Win 10/11 just right click start menu and locate it in the list.

I just have a 500 GB m.2 pny, charge device I'm trying to fix this disk 0

 

[Origami Cactus]

Try to put it back into the external enclosure and see if that works. Maybe you have an internal sata problem, kinda seems like sata data cable works, but the drive receives no power.

[aDoomGuy]

Right. Let's try to escalate with diskpart, shall we?

 

First search your start menu for cmd and open it as administrator.

Then input commands below.

 

diskpart

list disk

Do you see the disk in question in that list?

sel disk 0

Any error or does it spit out that disk 0 is now selected?

Do you see any partitions if you do a 

list part

Try do a

recover

exit

Check if disk managment gives the same if it does open diskpart again like you did before and you can then try to clean the drive (should wipe all data along with any partition).

clean

exit

Check disk management again, any difference?

[Calsuit]

On 8/9/2022 at 8:34 AM, aDoomGuy said:

Right. Let's try to escalate with diskpart, shall we?

 

First search your start menu for cmd and open it as administrator.

Then input commands below.

 

diskpart

list disk

Do you see the disk in question in that list?

sel disk 0

Any error or does it spit out that disk 0 is now selected?

Do you see any partitions if you do a 

list part

Try do a

recover

exit

Check if disk managment gives the same if it does open diskpart again like you did before and you can then try to clean the drive (should wipe all data along with any partition).

clean

exit

Check disk management again, any difference?

Ok it doesn't let me recover or clean the disk because it says the disk is not initialized. I also tried to initialize it but it also says there was a failed due to a fatal device hardware error.