ssd Trying to format used SSD

[NinYoda]

I recevied an old laptop form my work a Panasonic CF-54 wich was broken. I would like to repurpose the SSD inide a Samsung MZ- 7LE1T00 1TB for my gaming pc but according to windows the drive is empty and has no partitions wich i know is not true there should be some windows partitions on there.

I have tried the following steps:

• changed sata kabels
• changed sata port
• used windows disk management to try to format the drive
• used diskpart to try to format the drive
  • I got a I/O device error when i want to create a new partition

something tells me the drive is encrypted or protecded in some other way but i dont know how to check that.

 

any advice is much appreciated.

[Allan B]

In diskpart if you type "list partition" you will see what is currently on the drive.  Is anythign there? you will need to delete it first..  I believe there is a "clean" or "clear" diskpart command as well, but be very careful with it. make sure you are on the correct drive.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

if you're not fussed about losing the data on the hard drive, run Clean All in DiskPart on the Correct Drive you don't want to run that on a drive that you need, it won't give you a "Are you Sure?" window it will completely format the drive.

[Blqckqut]

clean the disk using DLDIAG (link here: Western Digital DLG Diagnostics 1.37 Download | TechSpot)

then when the WRITE ZEROS is done, go ito disk manager and format the drive to NTFS, should be all good after that

[NinYoda]

thx for the reply there no partitions on the drive 

[Allan B]

9 minutes ago, NinYoda said:

thx for the reply there no partitions on the drive 

Type "clean" after select disk 7, then try to create the volume.

If that doesn't work, maybe install Samsung magician to see if it finds a problem with the SSD?  It may have failed..    

[191x7]

For such stuff I use Parted Magic and I always recommend doing a Secure Erase.

[NinYoda]

24 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

clean the disk using DLDIAG (link here: Western Digital DLG Diagnostics 1.37 Download | TechSpot)

then when the WRITE ZEROS is done, go ito disk manager and format the drive to NTFS, should be all good after that

got delete partitions error 

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

5 minutes ago, NinYoda said:

got delete partitions error 

Could be that the drive itself is damaged, how was the laptop broken? If it was dropped there is a high chance that the drive is dead 

[NinYoda]

23 minutes ago, Allan B said:

Type "clean" after select disk 7, then try to create the volume.

If that doesn't work, maybe install Samsung magician to see if it finds a problem with the SSD?  It may have failed..    

same I/O error

[Blqckqut]

3 minutes ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

Could be that the drive itself is damaged, how was the laptop broken? If it was dropped there is a high chance that the drive is dead 

yea im thinking same thing, its always worked for me, most likely dead or its the ssd of some federal agent that doesnt want his stuff leaked

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

1 minute ago, Blqckout said:

yea im thinking same thing, its always worked for me, most likely dead or its the ssd of some federal agent that doesnt want his stuff leaked

MFW we're assisting in a top-secret espionage mission 

[NinYoda]

4 minutes ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

Could be that the drive itself is damaged, how was the laptop broken? If it was dropped there is a high chance that the drive is dead 

the screen was broken the laptop was functioning normally before that

[Blqckqut]

Just now, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

MFW we're assisting in a top-secret espionage mission 

OP is secretly just terrorist organisation trying to leak data

[NinYoda]

2 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

OP is secretly just terrorist organisation trying to leak data

it's an old laptop form a car delearship or is it 

[Blqckqut]

1 minute ago, NinYoda said:

it's an old laptop form a car delearship or is it 

you def found it at a police impound and are covering it up with the classic dealership story

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

Just now, NinYoda said:

the screen was broken the laptop was functioning normally before that

How was it broken? Sorry for the 20 questions, it'd be important to know though if it's been dropped or if the screen had been broken by someone leaving a pen on the keyboard and closing the lip for example.

[NinYoda]

5 minutes ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

How was it broken? Sorry for the 20 questions, it'd be important to know though if it's been dropped or if the screen had been broken by someone leaving a pen on the keyboard and closing the lip for example.

dunno the laptop was laying in a cabinet for about 3 months and when they wanted to trow it away i asked if i could have it for parts. they told me only the screen was broken

[NinYoda]

13 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

you def found it at a police impound and are covering it up with the classic dealership story

Im from the Netherlands and we dont have police impounds accessible to the public that i know of.

[RuffRuffmcgruff]

15 minutes ago, NinYoda said:

dunno the laptop was laying in a cabinet for about 3 months and when they wanted to trow it away i asked if i could have it for parts. they told me only the screen was broken

ahh ok, the last thing i'd try is within diskpart, select the relevant disk and run Clean All, and then try to create your partition, also try creating it without specifying a size e.g. Create Part Pri

 

If after this it still doesn't work I'd say the drive is damaged and probably unusable

[NinYoda]

5 minutes ago, RuffRuffmcgruff said:

ahh ok, the last thing i'd try is within diskpart, select the relevant disk and run Clean All, and then try to create your partition, also try creating it without specifying a size e.g. Create Part Pri

 

If after this it still doesn't work I'd say the drive is damaged and probably unusable

didn't work guess drives dead thx for the help anyway

[Blqckqut]

26 minutes ago, NinYoda said:

Im from the Netherlands and we dont have police impounds accessible to the public that i know of.

yooooo je bent nederlands? das cool man, belgie hier!

[NinYoda]

1 minute ago, Blqckout said:

yooooo je bent nederlands? das cool man, belgie hier!

yoyo dus jij nog enig idee? 

[Blqckqut]

Just now, NinYoda said:

yoyo dus jij nog enig idee? 

eig nie nee, sorry, de methodes da je zegt helpen mij altijd, maar als ik jou was zou ik eens CrystalDiskMark en CrystalDiskInfo downloaden, de info app is om te zien of hij nog in usable state is, en mark is voor de snelheid te testen, aan de andere kant kan het mss gwn een kapaote sata kabel zijn

[NinYoda]

16 minutes ago, Blqckout said:

eig nie nee, sorry, de methodes da je zegt helpen mij altijd, maar als ik jou was zou ik eens CrystalDiskMark en CrystalDiskInfo downloaden, de info app is om te zien of hij nog in usable state is, en mark is voor de snelheid te testen, aan de andere kant kan het mss gwn een kapaote sata kabel zijn

jammer zal het proberen.