Question adata SU630 can't be formatted

[real.imad1]

hi guys, i have an adata su630 240gig ssd and for some reason i can't format it, nor delete anything anymore (when i delete a file it comes back after reboot)
-i tried every cmd command on the net
-tried to change it from read-only state
-tried formatting it using third party apps
i'm a little lost here can anyone help me please.
thanks in advance.

 

[Ralston18]

This SSD?

https://www.adata.com/us/consumer/591?tab=specification

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

How is the SSD connected/installed to the host computer?

Does the SSD appear in Disk Management? If so, expand the Disk Management window so all can be seen. Take a screenshot and post here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

When the format attempts fail are there any pop-up windows, errors messages, notifications, etc.?

Look in Reliability History and Event Viewer: either one or both may be capturing an error code, warning, or even an informational event when the format attempts fail.

 

[real.imad1]

This SSD?

https://www.adata.com/us/consumer/591?tab=specification

Update your post to include full system hardware specs and OS information.

How is the SSD connected/installed to the host computer?

Does the SSD appear in Disk Management? If so, expand the Disk Management window so all can be seen. Take a screenshot and post here via imgur (www.imgur.com).

When the format attempts fail are there any pop-up windows, errors messages, notifications, etc.?

Look in Reliability History and Event Viewer: either one or both may be capturing an error code, warning, or even an informational event when the format attempts fail.

Yes that ssd.
My specs are:
r5 2600
8gig 4x2 2666mhz
500gb hdd
Vortex 535w psu 80 plus bronze
Rx570 4gb msi gaming x
As for the OS im using windows 10 pro 21H2
-The ssd is currently directly plugged in via sata cable however i also tried using a rack and plug it in externally and still the same error.
Yes the drive shows up in disk menager and i can still access all the data in it (can still open games)
Here's a picture (it's the second drive):

https://imgur.com/a/ZkZMIpT

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZkZMIpT


Whenever i try to format it it says format successful but nothing happens really:

https://imgur.com/a/baGXRVX

View: https://imgur.com/a/baGXRVX


For the event viewer i cant find anything unusual i'll dig up more...

 

[CountMike]

Yes that ssd.
My specs are:
r5 2600
8gig 4x2 2666mhz
500gb hdd
Vortex 535w psu 80 plus bronze
Rx570 4gb msi gaming x
As for the OS im using windows 10 pro 21H2
-The ssd is currently directly plugged in via sata cable however i also tried using a rack and plug it in externally and still the same error.
Yes the drive shows up in disk menager and i can still access all the data in it (can still open games)
Here's a picture (it's the second drive):

https://imgur.com/a/ZkZMIpT

View: https://imgur.com/a/ZkZMIpT


Whenever i try to format it it says format successful but nothing happens really:

https://imgur.com/a/baGXRVX

View: https://imgur.com/a/baGXRVX


For the event viewer i cant find anything unusual i'll dig up more...

Try with this
https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/gparted_live.html
Delete partitions, don't only format.
Also.... SSDs are made to go to red only mode if they fail or are about to fail to be able to salvage data which is much more difficult than with classic HDDs.

 

[Ralston18]

At the bottom edge of the Disk Management Window, mouse over the edge and enlarge the window to see the full window.

The elevator bar at the right side indicates that there may be more to be shown. If so, take a screenshot and re-post.

= = = =

SSD (240 GB) being Drive X: (Disk 1) just to verify.

Did you assign the Drive letter designation? Or perhaps have named the drive at some point in time?

And what happens regarding X: is that the drive appears to format and still shows as 23% free afterwards - correct?

As suggested by @CountMike delete the X: partitions and try formatting again.

= = = =

Disk Management: noted that drives C: and E: are very full with limited free space available. C: = 17% free, E: = 3% free. Problematic at best. Especially with both C: and E: on the same physical drive (Disk 0)

E: being almost full. C: being the OS, likely having problems finding space and thus fragmenting files.

 

[real.imad1]

At the bottom edge of the Disk Management Window, mouse over the edge and enlarge the window to see the full window.

The elevator bar at the right side indicates that there may be more to be shown. If so, take a screenshot and re-post.

= = = =

SSD (240 GB) being Drive X: (Disk 1) just to verify.

Did you assign the Drive letter designation? Or perhaps have named the drive at some point in time?

And what happens regarding X: is that the drive appears to format and still shows as 23% free afterwards - correct?

As suggested by @CountMike delete the X: partitions and try formatting again.

= = = =

Disk Management: noted that drives C: and E: are very full with limited free space available. C: = 17% free, E: = 3% free. Problematic at best. Especially with both C: and E: on the same physical drive (Disk 0)

E: being almost full. C: being the OS, likely having problems finding space and thus fragmenting files.

Hi again, i enlarged the window and there no additional information to be shown. And yes i did assign X to the drive.
As for the boot drive i just recently downloaded games which is why it's full and i had this ssd problem waay before.
I did also use gparted (using bootable usb). I deleted partitions then formatted and still the data comes right back with an error (invalid argument during seek for read on /dev/sdb

 

[Ralston18]

Enlarging the window is one thing - the elevator (scroll) bar is another.

That elevator bar being the vertical grey bar just to the right of the C: drive.

Just to be sure that I understand correctly you scrolled down using that grey bar and no other information or drive(s) were shown.

E.g., an optical drive...?

What make and model motherboard?

How are the various drives connected: which SATA ports?

 

[USAFRet]

tried to change it from read-only state

If it has gone to a read only state, it may well be deadish.
Running out of write cycles is a common cause of read only state.

 

[real.imad1]

Enlarging the window is one thing - the elevator (scroll) bar is another.

That elevator bar being the vertical grey bar just to the right of the C: drive.

Just to be sure that I understand correctly you scrolled down using that grey bar and no other information or drive(s) were shown.

E.g., an optical drive...?

What make and model motherboard?

How are the various drives connected: which SATA ports?

i'm using MSI A320M A PRO motherboard
i did scroll and there was no info.
there are some old games on the ssd and i can still launch and play them with no problems which is kinda weird, is there any other app that forces format regardless of read only state ?
please let me know if there's anything more that i can do or provide... (s.m.a.r.t maybe ?)

 

[Ralston18]

Read only state:

Open Powershell as Admin and at the PS> prompt type Get-DiskStorageNodeView

Reference/credit:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/powertip-find-disk-status-with-powershell-and-windows-10/

From my computer:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-DiskStorageNodeView

StorageNodeObjectId: {1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StorageNode.ObjectId="{2aeda6
e6-c136-18e1-90e7-860e6f6e6963}🇸🇳MyPC"

DiskNumber : 1
HealthStatus : Healthy
OperationalStatus : Online
IsReadOnly : False
IsOffline : False
OfflineReason :
StorageNode : MSFT_StorageNode (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)
Disk : MSFT_Disk (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)

DiskNumber : 0
HealthStatus : Healthy
OperationalStatus : Online
IsReadOnly : False
IsOffline : False
OfflineReason :
StorageNode : MSFT_StorageNode (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)
Disk : MSFT_Disk (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)

Do you see any "IsReadOnly :True"

Or something other than "Healthy" for Health Status?

 

[real.imad1]

Read only state:

Open Powershell as Admin and at the PS> prompt type Get-DiskStorageNodeView

Reference/credit:

https://devblogs.microsoft.com/scripting/powertip-find-disk-status-with-powershell-and-windows-10/

From my computer:

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> Get-DiskStorageNodeView

StorageNodeObjectId: {1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/Storage/Providers_v2\SPACES_StorageNode.ObjectId="{2aeda6
e6-c136-18e1-90e7-860e6f6e6963}🇸🇳MyPC"

DiskNumber : 1
HealthStatus : Healthy
OperationalStatus : Online
IsReadOnly : False
IsOffline : False
OfflineReason :
StorageNode : MSFT_StorageNode (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)
Disk : MSFT_Disk (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)

DiskNumber : 0
HealthStatus : Healthy
OperationalStatus : Online
IsReadOnly : False
IsOffline : False
OfflineReason :
StorageNode : MSFT_StorageNode (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)
Disk : MSFT_Disk (ObjectId = "{1}\\MyPC\ROOT/Microsoft/Windows/S...)

Do you see any "IsReadOnly :True"

Or something other than "Healthy" for Health Status?

Hi i got the same exact result as the text you just sent.

Here if u wanna take a look:

https://imgur.com/a/Pgj13A0

View: https://imgur.com/a/Pgj13A0

 

[Ralston18]

It appears that that "Get" was not revealing.....

FYI:

https://www.easeus.com/computer-instruction/powershell-format-disk.html

Read the link (and feel free to seek out similar links as you deem necessary).

However, only execute "Get" cmdlets

Get-Disk

Get-Volume | Format-Table -Autosize

Two objectives:

1) Verify that all disks are as expected with respect to Volume, Drive Letter Disk number, specs, etc.. Does the information match Disk Management?

2) Confirm that all disks report as HealthStatus = Healthy and OperationalStatus = OK

And since you have already attempted to format the drive, I trust that there is no data anywhere on the drive that you wish to save. With any such data already backed up elsewhere and proven recoverable and readable.

Late thought:

If you use "WIN" + "X" to go directly to Disk Management and right click Drive X does a pop-up menu with drive related actions appear?

If so, one option is Properties. Click that and a window full of tabs should appear. Look at all of the tabs but change nothing.

However, look in Security. What permissions do you have there?

 

[fzabkar]

Could there be a problem like this?

https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/cant-delete-contents-of-an-ssd.3778325

 

[real.imad1]

For my permissions everything looks to be normal :
I tried to access the bios but couldn't find any secure wipe whatsoever. My motherboard is a320m from msi.