I bought a 2tb crucial M.2 SSD on Amazon a few months back and put it in a Sabrent usb3 enclosure. It connected to win11 with no error, formatted fine, etc. So I initialized it as a Windows to Go (11 enterprise) drive using Rufus. It booted and went through the initial "personalization" steps (keyboard, domain join, user/pass, etc). But, a few minutes after first "full" boot it BSODed.
It continued to do so after multiple reboots, so I RMAed it. The replacement did the exact same thing. So, I RMAed again. Same exact story.
Badblocks on RPI returns no errors whatsoever.
I asked around online, it seems like SSDs over 1TB have higher peak power requirements. So I got a powered hub. Input maxes out at 2.1a, I haven't tested output yet. One of my concerns is the tester I have cost $12, I have no idea how "fast" it is so it might miss the spikes.
To be clear; I have 2 standard form factor (2.5in) SSDs from Crucial. They're both initialized as Windows to Go using Rufus. I'm typing this on one of them. I've had them for over 2 years, and they haven't given me a single problem.
I have another Sabrent enclosure that is in 2.5 form factor. I can install it inside my system. For a variety of reasons, I really don't feel like it. But, if the consensus here is that this is the only way to get this thing to work, I'll try it.
Thanks so much in advance
Joe
ETA: I tested multiple enclosures from 2 different manufacturers, same result.
It continued to do so after multiple reboots, so I RMAed it. The replacement did the exact same thing. So, I RMAed again. Same exact story.
Badblocks on RPI returns no errors whatsoever.
I asked around online, it seems like SSDs over 1TB have higher peak power requirements. So I got a powered hub. Input maxes out at 2.1a, I haven't tested output yet. One of my concerns is the tester I have cost $12, I have no idea how "fast" it is so it might miss the spikes.
To be clear; I have 2 standard form factor (2.5in) SSDs from Crucial. They're both initialized as Windows to Go using Rufus. I'm typing this on one of them. I've had them for over 2 years, and they haven't given me a single problem.
I have another Sabrent enclosure that is in 2.5 form factor. I can install it inside my system. For a variety of reasons, I really don't feel like it. But, if the consensus here is that this is the only way to get this thing to work, I'll try it.
Thanks so much in advance
Joe
ETA: I tested multiple enclosures from 2 different manufacturers, same result.
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