New Samsung 840 Evo burned me.

So yesterday My drive stopped showing up correctly:



Just bought the drive in November.Here's the errors Disk Editor gave me:



Partition Wizards Info:

PW Check Disk:


I ran a surface test with Partition Wizard which showed no errors. I managed to extract all data I wanted off of the drive using Active File Recovery. What step should I take next? Is the partition fixable? Should I contact Samsung for a replacement or should I just wipe the partition and start over?

As for why the drive failed I'm not 100% sure. One possibility is my two new videocards have not been cooperating with my computer very much. When pc enters sleep mode the monitors never wake back up. I'm thinking having a program active on that drive while turning off the computer may have caused the damage.

Cheap drive, cheap outcomes.

Edit: I see you have plenty of third-party crap running, good chance issues are also self-induced...

Your screenshots are terrible, they are tiny and you can't enlarge them.

If you think there's something wrong with the drive and it's still under warranty, just send it in and let Samsung deal with it.

It's not exactly known as the most dependable drive, and failures do happen. It should be under warranty, rma it.

timta2 said:

Your screenshots are terrible, they are tiny and you can't enlarge them.

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WTF? The screenies are just fine.

timta2 said:

Your screenshots are terrible, they are tiny and you can't enlarge them.

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Hover over the pictures with your mouse. Press left click.

Lost-Benji said:

Cheap drive, cheap outcomes.

Edit: I see you have plenty of third-party crap running, good chance issues are also self-induced...

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Cheap drive? How do you figure that? I purchased it due to 4 to 5 star reviews almost everywhere. It looks like I'm in the minority of owner's with problems. Also, can you please define "third party crap"? If you feel the software I'm using is inefficient at solving my dilemma can you please list better software to utilize so I can fix my drive? Thanks.

IIvII said:

Cheap drive? How do you figure that? I purchased it due to 4 to 5 star reviews almost everywhere. It looks like I'm in the minority of owner's with problems. Also, can you please define "third party crap"? If you feel the software I'm using is inefficient at solving my dilemma can you please list better software to utilize so I can fix my drive? Thanks.

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4 or 5 stars means next to nothing with the 840 evo. (doubly so on Newegg, 2/3 of those folks don't know what the hell they're talking about) It's been plagued with problems for the past 6+ months. (or longer, I forget when this mess started) There's one firmware update for it already and some are still having performance problems with the promise of another one on the way.

Personally i'm just going to wait another couple months and replace mine with a BX100, despite it still working. (albeit at about half speed now)

Lots of shitposting, why would recovery software used after the fact have anything to do with the cause?

Try another SATA port, preferably one on a different controller if you have multiples on your board.
Next, run chkdsk /f and check SMART status with a tool like HD Tune or CrystalDiskInfo. Let me know what happens.

People here are quick to jump on the Samsung hate bandwagon, these drives have been phenomenal for the average desktop/mobile user in price, performance and reliability. And known performance problems with files older than a specific threshold don't kill a drive.

Sounds like you just got a dud.

IIvII said:

It looks like I'm in the minority of owner's with problems.

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No, sadly. Google '840 performance drop' and you'll see, basically old data gradually gets slower and slower to read. Both my 750 and 250 were affected. Maybe Samsung's upcoming second fix will actually do something, but I'm doubtful, it seems to be an issue with the TLC flash memory itself.

As for your drive, could just be a random drive failure. If it acts the same way in another system then its RMA time.

Well good luck to you.You bought a Samsung evo. Return it, get an Intel or any other brand.
at this time it appears that Samsung can't fix the degradation of old files problem. Stay away from TLC nand based ssd.

From what I can tell in the screenshot it just looks like the MFT is corrupt. Try using a program like TestDisk at startup to repair the MFT. If that fails you will need a recovery service or program if you need to save any files off of the drive. At that point you can try a complete reformat to see if the drive is still usable.

And it isn't helpful, but I agree with staying away from TLC in the future. Spend a little more money for a lot more reliability and longevity. The 840/850 Pro from Samsung is good, as is the Intel 730.

Also:
LOL on doing a surface test on a SSD .

Funny so many people being snobby on the EVO. What does Samsung Magician tell you?