Question Internal SSD became unreadable during network file transfer

[louis_A_man]

Hi there, I was transferring a large (shared) folder over network from an internal SSD on one pc to an internal HDD on another, and when the transfer was at 99% the disk I was transferring from disappeared on the source PC (and destination PC) and the transfer failed as the destination PC "could not fine the disk".

The disk is no longer visible in file system and in disk management it is 'unallocated' and 'not initialised' - but if I try to initialise the disk I get I/O device error.

Weirdly, the source pc also disconnected from the network at the time of the failure and I had to reset the network adapter and router for it to reconnect.

Because of the way this happened it seems very unlikely this is a hardware issue. What are my options?

 

[vov4ik_il]

Hope you have a backup. Sounds like it (the disappeared disk) reached its lifespan limit.

 

[louis_A_man]

Hope you have a backup. Sounds like it (the disappeared disk) reached its lifespan limit.

It's 6 months old and only used for storage.

 

[vov4ik_il]

It's 6 months old and only used for storage.

SSD counts Read/Write cycles, it is not the age that matters. Some live longer than others but none forever.

 

[USAFRet]

It's 6 months old and only used for storage.

Electronics can die at any time, at any age.

 

[louis_A_man]

Electronics can die at any time, at any age.

I totally understand that, but in this case that doesn't seem like the likeliest explanation no? Now I'm only a humble software developer not a hardware expert but it seems like something became corrupted or invalidated during the transfer clean up. If you really think it's hardware failure it would be good to hear some reasoning!

 

[louis_A_man]

SSD counts Read/Write cycles, it is not the age that matters. Some live longer than others but none forever.

I understand that. The data has only been accessed a handful of times since it was copied in when the drive was installed 6 months ago. Hardware failure is of course possible but doesn't seem to be the likeliest explanation on current evidence.

 

[USAFRet]

I totally understand that, but in this case that doesn't seem like the likeliest explanation no? Now I'm only a humble software developer not a hardware expert but it seems like something became corrupted or invalidated during the transfer clean up. If you really think it's hardware failure it would be good to hear some reasoning!

The disk is no longer visible in file system and in disk management it is 'unallocated' and 'not initialised' - but if I try to initialise the disk I get I/O device error.

That points to a faulty drive, or possible a bad/disconnected SATA cable.