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M.2 SSD won't format

J.Munslow
By J.Munslow
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19 minutes ago, J.Munslow said:

i just installed a sandisk M.2 SSD and although appearing in disk management, the option to format it is greyed out... any ideas? i'm trying to use it just as a normal storage disk and currently it isn't an option within file browser (windows 10)

Have you tried with diskpart?

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i just installed a sandisk M.2 SSD and although appearing in disk management, the option to format it is greyed out... any ideas? i'm trying to use it just as a normal storage disk and currently it isn't an option within file browser (windows 10)

Current Specs:

Intel Core i7 6700k

RTX 3060ti

32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz DDR4

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming ATX

Corsair RM850x PSU

Corsair H55

1TB Seagate SSHD

4TB Seagate Barracuda

500GB Hitachi HDD

256GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2

BeQuiet Silent Base 800

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Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Corsair K70 Lux RGB

Roccat Taito

Xbone Controller

Logitec Z333

Samsung SyncMaster SA10

LG Ultrawide 25"

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19 minutes ago, J.Munslow said:

i just installed a sandisk M.2 SSD and although appearing in disk management, the option to format it is greyed out... any ideas? i'm trying to use it just as a normal storage disk and currently it isn't an option within file browser (windows 10)

Have you tried with diskpart?

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31 minutes ago, pmos said:

Have you tried with diskpart?

can you elaborate?

Current Specs:

Intel Core i7 6700k

RTX 3060ti

32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz DDR4

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming ATX

Corsair RM850x PSU

Corsair H55

1TB Seagate SSHD

4TB Seagate Barracuda

500GB Hitachi HDD

256GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2

BeQuiet Silent Base 800

---------

Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Corsair K70 Lux RGB

Roccat Taito

Xbone Controller

Logitec Z333

Samsung SyncMaster SA10

LG Ultrawide 25"

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39 minutes ago, pmos said:

Have you tried with diskpart?

in fact, i figured it out. Cheers mate!

Current Specs:

Intel Core i7 6700k

RTX 3060ti

32gb Corsair Dominator Platinum 3000MHz DDR4

Asus Z170 Pro Gaming ATX

Corsair RM850x PSU

Corsair H55

1TB Seagate SSHD

4TB Seagate Barracuda

500GB Hitachi HDD

256GB Samsung 960 Evo M.2

BeQuiet Silent Base 800

---------

Corsair M65 Pro RGB

Corsair K70 Lux RGB

Roccat Taito

Xbone Controller

Logitec Z333

Samsung SyncMaster SA10

LG Ultrawide 25"

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2 hours ago, J.Munslow said:

in fact, i figured it out. Cheers mate!

No problem.. glad you figured it out, I was afk :-)

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