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I want to use an m.2 nvme ssd as an external drive. I bought this enclosure and a 2TB drive. Question: are there any settings I should look out for when formatting the drive for external use? Thanks.

Hello all, I have changed my SSD to a Samsung M.2 SSD but it is picking up on the boot manager. Additional my computer keeps double booting as shown in the image attached. With 'All setting where reset to default values. I had this issue before the M.2 SSD was brought. Any help would be...

Hi all, First of all, specs: PC build age: around 3 years Motherboard: Asus B560M A-AC RAM: Trident Z 64gb DDR4 XMP enabled dual channel GPU: EVGA RTX 3080 (not overclocked) CPU: Intel Core I7 11700KF SSD: XPG M.2 S5 (C drive where OS is) SSD: WD 2TBS where I store and play most games. So im...

I am building a system with the following parts: CPU 14700K GPU 4070 Ti super Mob Aorus Z790 Elite AX RAM XPG Lancer RGB 2x16GB DDR5 6000MT/s CL 30 NVMe Samsung 990 Pro Cooler Aorus Waterforce II 360 mm PSU Cooler Master MWE gold 850 V2 Case Cooler Master MasterBox TD500 Mesh V2 The use is...

Hello all! My friend has been slowly building a PC and has it completed, here are the specs: Msi Tomahawk x570s Ryzen 5950x Msi 4070 super 1TB 980 pro 2TB 980 pro 128gb DDR4 3600 corsair vengeance Win 11 Home Original parts before issues: CPU MB RAM 1 Tb 980 Around May, he purchased the...

Hi there, I have 2 AMD PC's that I want the same SSD to work on both. Is it possible to install Windows 10 on a SSD used by a system powered by a Ryzen 5 3600 & then use this SSD on another AMD system powered by a Ryzen 7 5700X? AMD Motherboard : *MSI B550 A PRO *GIGABYTE B550M AORUS PRO P...

Hello, i'm seeking help with some issues i have with my computer. Specs: Windows 10 pro 64-bit Case: NZXT H200 Mini-ITX MB: ASRock X470 Gaming-ITX/ac (AM4) CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 RAM: 2x 8GB Dual-Channel DDR4 @ 1066MHz SSD: ADATA SX6000PNP HDD: 2TB Seagate...

Hello all, I built my computer back in 2016 and the SSD and HDD have not been upgraded/replaced since. Recently my computer has been running very slow, it being the worst at startup. In task manager my SSD runs near or at 100% when trying to do anything. The disk is not full (I use it only...

So this started around the time that the black ops 6 beta was happening and this one day I left my computer on all night on the main menu screen and when I woke up my computer was completely turned off when I went to boot it I find out that it destroyed my SATA SSD so I replaced the SATA SSD but...

Hey, so I was using my PC and then the electricity is gone and my PC got shutdown while I was working and after that then I turned on, windows system was corrupted, then I tried to reset and reinstall windows using bootable pendrive but it's not working (actually the SSD isn't showing in the...

This happened once several weeks ago, but as the SSD in question reappeared after I turned the PC off and back on again (though not after choosing 'restart'), and I had not seen the issue again (until today), I let sleeping dogs lie. Again, today though, I suddenly noticed the whole SSD was...

It began with me turning on my PC and launching a program, which gave me a pop up telling me that the shortcut cannot locate its source file to launch. I checked disk management(I have one SSD and one HDD in my PC) and saw that the HDD was offline. Another pop up asked me to choose between MBR...

I recently switched to newly built PC and I encountered a unprecedented problem. Using my old PC, I gradually put newly bought PC part such as SSD, RAM, etc. and I was able to run it without any problem. At some point I finished buying all the necessary parts like motherboard, case, CPU, PSU...

Please help me My laptop keeps getting BSOD with the error "stop code: DRIVER_POWER_STATE_FAILURE". I use docking stations for external SSD and HDD hard drives from Orico. 1. https://www.orico.cc/usmobile/product/detail/id/35502 2. https://www.orico.cc/usmobile/product/detail/id/3551 My...

Hi everyone, I have a 2.5'' SATA SSD that I was using on my old laptop, and it had a D drive where all of my important data is kept. Now the laptop had a faulty charging port and I think that short-circuited the motherboard and it just would not turn on anymore. I have taken the SSD out and put...

So, I have no idea what to put on the title, but hear me out: I have this SSD from Corsair MP510 480g - been using it since 2019. A few months ago, I started getting some strange errors. Most of the games I play, are online, such as World of Warcraft, Elder Scrolls Online, PUBG etc - and EVERY...

Please help, I need to work… Specs: motherboard b360m aorus gaming Tried installing a m2 ssd pcie 500g in it Installed it (with the special screw) Tried booting Result was that my pc was booting and turning off each 3 seconds by itself Resetted bios by removing battery Now it turns on normally...

Hi, quick information about my situation, just bought a 512gb ssd on which i wanna get the os cloned to from my 128gb ssd, both are m2s and my motherboard only has 1 slot for it. and previously i had all my games installed on my hdd (was running 128gb ssd + 500gb hdd) , so my plan was to clone...

My secondary SSD shows on BIOS but it prevents my main SSD from booting, corrupts my main SSD if plugged while the PC is on. The SSD also prevents Windows Installation Media from starting. I got this faulty Lexar SATA3 SSD 512gb for cheap. I think it's still repairable since BIOS can still...

As mentioned in the title, I have recently installed a new SSD into my PC, moved folders and some games onto it and all work perfectly fine. Moved my OS onto another drive and upon rebooting, the new SSD is offline by default? Am I missing something simple? Any help/suggestions are appreciated...

Hi guys, if a gen 3 nvme works in a gen 4 m.2 nvme slot of a motherboard, does that mean the slot is ok? I am asking this because I have ordered MSI b550 gaming plus motherboard. And I need to check the slots of the new motherboard upon arrival. But I only have a gen 3 nvme drive Kingston a2000.

I got and installed a new SSD ( Samsung 990 Pro , PCLe 4.0 NVMe 2 TB ) , My operating system is on my old SSD ( ssdpeknw512 , PCLe 4.0 NVMe 500 GB - Should I move OS windows 11 to the new SSD

Hi, I was away from my computer for about 6 months and after setting up my computer again, I noticed that one of my two SSDs shows as unallocated. I use this M.2 drive as my secondary drive, with the other SSD being my boot drive. I tried going through a couple of forums of people with similar...

I have a Fatal1ty Z170 Professional Gaming i7 motherboard. And I installed a Lexar NM710 M2 SSD on it. But the SSD is not recognized in the BIOS. So my question is: Should this SSD work on this motherboard? Or is the SSD broken? I have found this article...

Context: i have a ssd thats attached to the motherboard itself (internal) where my windows is installed. Last year in october i got a detachable 960GB SSD Silicon Power PC60. It arrived, i plugged it in and it immediately was detected and started working. I've been using it ever since and...

Hello! I have built a new PC, and I have encountered a bizarre issue. I have 3 identical SSDs (Samsung 970 Pro 1TB) in a non-RAID setup, partitions: C, D, E. The C drive is active permanently. However it happened once that the D & E partitions disappeared and only reappeared after a restart of...

any recommendations of normal slim heatsinks? I'm planning on getting the SSD for my system, but don't have any current heatsinks since I have a prebuilt Also, i never bought a heatsink before, any thoughts on which of the listed heatsinks are better? Im planning on using amazon for the one...

So i have 2 ssds already installed, in the first and third socket. Im looking to install a nvme m.2 gen 4 ssd (for running games) in the 2nd socket slot right next to my gpu. Now what i was wondering was if there would be any overheating issues for the ssd, since its right next to my gpu...

Trying to figure out why one of my internal 4TB 870 EVOs just disappears in Windows 11 after 3-4 days and only comes back after a complete power cycle, just rebooting doesn't do anything. It worked fine for a couple of months before starting this behaviour while the other drive of same make and...

I'm running a system off a SATA SSD and SATA HDD. I boot off the SSD. I wanted to upgrade to a PCIe m.2 SSD. Using an USB enclosure I initiated and formatted the drive to GPT. Then using DiskGenius I cloned the SATA SSD over to the m.2 SSD. However, when the m.2 SSD is installed, the booting...

Hi all, I went on holiday to see my family and it turns out that while I was there the desktop of my father suddenly stopped working and when starting he is getting the message: "Press ESC in 1 seconds to skip startup.nsh, any other key to continue" After searching, this is because the BIOS...

Hey all. Recently, my HDD died and I lost a lot of data. My current setup has an SSD running my OS and I purchased two Samsung 1TB M.2 SSD's in order to raid them together for gaming purposes via stripe. The issue I had at first as that my MSI z390 BIOS didn't recognize them at all. I...

Hello everyone, Recently bought a new M.2, but sometimes the bios does not detect it. When this happens, I restart the pc a few times and it detects again. (It is the only memory installed). Motherboard: B450 TOMAHAWK MAX; M.2: WD_Black SN850X. Any idea, what could be? Thank you.

Hi everyone, I'm experiencing a strange problem with my ASUS TUF A15 (2022) laptop, and I'm hoping someone here can help me figure it out. I really appreciate any advice or insights you can offer. Here's the situation: I originally had a PCIe Gen 3.0 500GB M.2 NVMe SSD in my laptop, but I...

I have an MSI laptop that I bought last year in May. The model is Cyborg 15 - A12VF. It came with an original SSD with 512GB capacity. I removed it and installed Samsung 980 PRO PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSD of 1TB capacity within a week after its purchase. I am running Windows 11 on it. Almost always I...

Hello, I am getting some boot errors (booting to BIOS, not recognising Windows). I've ran a Short SMART self-test with Samsung Magician and the following errors have come up: SMART Self-Test,13/08/2024 Model Name,Samsung SSD 870 EVO 1TB Serial Number,S626NF0R428538Z Result,Log...

Hi everyone. My question is in the topic in tl;dr. As much as I understand after reading about the benefits of a DRAM chip in an SSD, it helps to provide a map to the SSD of where some recent information is located for the SSD to quickly identify that file location and immediately get to it...

So my laptop came with Micron 3400 1tb ssd and I have recently purchased a WD sn850x. Which one should I make my boot drive. I know that wd performs better but it lacks AES 256 bit hardware encoding.

Hi Folks: I have had this laptop a long time. It’s been running excruciatingly slow. I am trying to extend it’s life. I bought a new 4 Tb SSD to replace current HDD. I also bought a new 256 gb mSATA disk to use as boot disk for windows only. I uninstalled HDD, reinstalled SSD and also installed...

I have an MSI Leopard Gl75 10SDR, And recently, I dropped and broke my old SSD. (One of the gold contacts fell off). As a stopgap until my new SSD arrives I have taken the SSD out of my old laptop and put it into the new one. The old one was a Lenovo legion. I am wondering if I can reset the...