Windows (or linux) refuses to give SSD new MBR after a failed windows 10 install

[Space Reptile]

well i put an SSD in my laptop to replace the slow physical it had before 

 

to cut a long story short , the win10 install failed , froze up and i had to shutdown the laptop ,

after that i checked the disk in Gparted and its all there 

but i cannot give it a new MBR , all i get is an R/W error 

 

what now? its an Intenso 120gb Sata III drive 

[paddy-stone]

So, I guess you tried formatting the disk? tried the repair disk function on the windows instller/recovery?

 

 

if so, then try EASUS partition manager, gparted or others to try to wipe the disk completely, if all else fails dban it (if that applies to SSDs, check first as I haven't had the need to try it on any of mine yet).

[Space Reptile]

2 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

So, I guess you tried formatting the disk? tried the repair disk function on the windows instller/recovery?

 

 

if so, then try EASUS partition manager, gparted or others to try to wipe the disk completely, if all else fails dban it (if that applies to SSDs, check first as I haven't had the need to try it on any of mine yet).

cant format something that isnt partioned in the first place , and i tried Gparted as stated in OP 

[paddy-stone]

2 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

cant format something that isnt partioned in the first place , and i tried Gparted as stated in OP 

OK, that's not how it sounded when I read it.. you said you checked the disk in gparted and it was all there.. nothing about trying to erase the disk. Sorry for trying to help

 

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

OK, that's not how it sounded when I read it.. you said you checked the disk in gparted and it was all there.. nothing about trying to erase the disk. Sorry for trying to help

 

the issue is that the MBR (master boot record) is gone , and i cannot give it a new one 

[NTDaws]

Just now, Space Reptile said:

the issue is that the MBR (master boot record) is gone , and i cannot give it a new one 

Your gonna have to clean it with diskpart, and recreate the primary partition.

 

[paddy-stone]

5 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

the issue is that the MBR (master boot record) is gone , and i cannot give it a new one 

Yes, which is why you can wipe the MBR partition and then create a new one... IIRC you can do this in gparted, which is why I mentioned "cleaning" it. You should then be able to re-install windows, I don't know if you'd be able to use recovery options to repair the MBR or not.

 

It's late, i'm cranky..

[Space Reptile]

1 minute ago, paddy-stone said:

Yes, which is why you can wipe the MBR partition and then create a new one... IIRC you can do this in gparted, which is why I mentioned "cleaning" it. I think you can then, if you didn't format the disk, go into windows recovery and do repair options.

see this 

31 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

but i cannot give it a new MBR , all i get is an R/W error 

 

but im trying diskpart rn , seems like its doing something 

 

IT JUST KILLED MY SECOND DRIVE WHEN I SELECTED DISK 4 WICH WAS THE SSD 

 

thanks.....

[MalcolmHusky]

50 minutes ago, Space Reptile said:

IT JUST KILLED MY SECOND DRIVE WHEN I SELECTED DISK 4 WICH WAS THE SSD 

 

thanks.....

diskpart strikes again

[userzero]

Put the drive in a caddy on another machine, list the disks in diskpart, select the disk, use the <clean> command

Start again,

 

what is the issue?

 

If your drive has just died then it's a piece o crap.

[Space Reptile]

1 hour ago, userzero said:

what is the issue?

the master boot record is gone and i cannot give it a new one due to some error , neither WINDOWS , LInux or any software manage to do so  

it shows up w/ the correct size and everything , but UNPARTITIONED , and when i try to Partition it it says that the MBR is missing , and for that see above 

[userzero]

Well it will show unpartitioned if you just put a clean command on it. Then you initialise it and selection your partition style, then you add a partition. It shouldn't be looking for any MBR if you successfully CLEANED the disk.

[paddy-stone]

16 hours ago, Space Reptile said:

see this 

 

but im trying diskpart rn , seems like its doing something 

 

IT JUST KILLED MY SECOND DRIVE WHEN I SELECTED DISK 4 WICH WAS THE SSD 

 

thanks.....

Yeah, well I didn't tell you to try that.

 

I give up. I have said several times now that you can clean the MBR partition with gparted. You can convert it to GPT instead if you wish.

 

I searched "clean mbr with gparted" just now - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=clean+mbr+with+gparted&ia=web

 

[Space Reptile]

3 minutes ago, paddy-stone said:

Yeah, well I didn't tell you to try that.

 

I give up. I have said several times now that you can clean the MBR partition with gparted. You can convert it to GPT instead if you wish.

 

I searched "clean mbr with gparted" just now - https://duckduckgo.com/?q=clean+mbr+with+gparted&ia=web

 

i told you multiple times that in Gparted all i get is a R/W error and it fails , there is NO MBR to begin w/