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Hey folks!

So I recently got a SSD from Verbatim with a size of 128GB. In the beginning it was fast, but after I installed some programms it started to slow down more and more. I searched on the internet and found out that it's a firmware issue, so I downloaded a new firmware. While flashing the newer one my PC crashed and the update was interrupted, so now my drive is not showing in the explorer. But the disk management tells me it is a 2MB size disk, which isn't initialized (neither as GPT nor MBR). I tried reflashing the firmware as the device is showing up in the device manager and the flashing tool, but the flashing just fails showing the message "Failed!!! Not Running on Flash Normal Code now !!- FBO".

I could really use some help. Also I already contacted the consumer support. Is it possible to flash the firmware? I've backed up all my data before I did the firmware override, but it would be nice if I could use the drive again.

Thanks guys and have a nice day!

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umm... i just plugged mine in, no flashing, just samsung magician doing the firmware updates. what you should do now is format it and then the usual shit after that(so it becomes like a new drive, then you just install your crap back into it). i don't think so that its possible to flash ssd firmware. all left to say is: at least you backed up your data.

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I'm not able to format it as the firmware is missing the drive is pretty much unusable in the current state. And flashing firmware is possible... if the drive was still working properly. But yeah im glad i did the backup.

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6 minutes ago, ben dover kid said:

umm... i just plugged mine in, no flashing, just samsung magician doing the firmware updates. what you should do now is format it and then the usual shit after that(so it becomes like a new drive, then you just install your crap back into it). i don't think so that its possible to flash ssd firmware. all left to say is: at least you backed up your data.

Unless the firmware has a backup of itself, it won't be possible to reflash it. Your only option is to RMA the drive.

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3 minutes ago, NumLock21 said:

Unless the firmware has a backup of itself, it won't be possible to reflash it. Your only option is to RMA the drive.

Well I thought so... Thanks though!

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