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CHudk · 01-19-2016

Hello!I'm in charge of our company's fleet of managed assets. A few days ago, a problem surfaced with 240GB 520 series SSDs, utilized in Lenovo W510 laptops.Summary: Upon clearing all partitions from the drive, creating a 2GiB and a 222GiB (approxi...

CHudk · 07-13-2016

After a long time, I have been able to resolve this issue. A recent test using the latest version of Windows PE (the one that ships with Windows 10) shows that it is capable of formatting the SSD without freezing the system. I do not know what Micr...

CHudk · 01-21-2016

paramountain wrote: Excuse me for butting in, but I may have a solution. Somewhere on intel.com (sorry, I did not retain the link) is a reference to DBAN. The Intel article suggested that if an SSD does not respond to the usual treatment, running a ...

CHudk · 01-20-2016

jonathan_intel wrote: The fact that you are able to initialize the drive normally from disk management suggests there may be a problem with the variables in the script, or a possible firmware issue. I agree. That's a reasonable idea, and (as I bel...

CHudk · 01-20-2016

Ah, I had not considered potential differences between OEM and retail versions of the same product.From what I can see, the drives do have the latest firmware -- at least, the ones I have checked do. SSD Toolbox reported no updates available, and I ...

CHudk · 01-19-2016

OK, I've tried the other things you suggested.Update BIOS: No changeLow-level format: No changeUpdated BIOS + low-level formatted drive: No changeFurther, I did some reading and was thinking the "ATA Secure Erase" might be a good idea, and quicker...

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