• Some users have recently had their accounts hijacked. It seems that the now defunct EVGA forums might have compromised your password there and seems many are using the same PW here. We would suggest you UPDATE YOUR PASSWORD and TURN ON 2FA for your account here to further secure it. None of the compromised accounts had 2FA turned on.
    Once you have enabled 2FA, your account will be updated soon to show a badge, letting other members know that you use 2FA to protect your account. This should be beneficial for everyone that uses FSFT.

"Fix" an SSD just by secure erasing/formatting?

J

jkrafcik

Weaksauce
Joined
Mar 28, 2004
Messages
119
I have an Intel X25-M 120GB solid state drive that I think was causing me to crash frequently. I chkdsk'd it and found some issues. Intel's solid-state drive toolbox's diagnostics said there were problems, so I bought a new drive, copied the contents over, and just got an RMA. However, after I performed a secure erase and then formatted the old Intel X25-M and ran the diagnostic scan again, there were no errors.

Is it possible to "save" an SSD just by secure erasing/formatting, or do you think this is a fluke/limitation of the Intel diagnostic tool and formatting just covered up the problem?
 
SSD's usually include "extra" blocks that are used in case there are failures, it may be that your secure erase caused it to mark the bad blocks as unuable and replace them with the redundant ones.
 
Am I more likely to have more bad blocks now than a fresh drive? Wondering if I should just RMA anyway -- costs me $5 in shipping.
 
I had a similar issue with my old 80GB X-25M G2 where windows would start crashing after a few months, and errors were found on the drive. Secure erase seemed to fix the issues, but it'd crop up again and again, causing me to secure erase and reinstall many times.

Finally had enough... I RMA'd it, sold it and now I'm on my current M4 and couldn't be happier... well, that's until the Samsung 830's are back in stock in my local shop.
 
jkrafcik said:
Am I more likely to have more bad blocks now than a fresh drive? Wondering if I should just RMA anyway -- costs me $5 in shipping.
Click to expand...

RMA is the safest bet, I've tried to muddle through SSD problems and its really more hassle than its worth, especially since they are tiny and easy to ship.
 
LigTasm said:
RMA is the safest bet, I've tried to muddle through SSD problems and its really more hassle than its worth, especially since they are tiny and easy to ship.
Click to expand...

Yep.

Don't screw with it, just send it back.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top