Question Pny 240 Went RAW after a BSOD ... EASEUS Surface Test shows 100% bad sectors ... is it dead?

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I've had that SSD for around 3 years nowas a main one, but two days ago I got a BSOD, couldn't boot into windows at all.
So I installed windows on the other drive (1 TB HDD) and checked the SSD with EASEUS partition master, it shows it as unallocated

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So doing a surface test, this is the result

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So is it basically dead?
 
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Well, I can't think of anything else you can try, fzabar apparently has no answers for you on this one and while the drive is only three years old, it really depends on a lot of factors. It just takes one minor power surge to zap something so if the grid isn't really stable it wouldn't be terribly unlikely for drives to get zapped. Especially if you have a lower quality power supply.
 
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Darkbreeze said:
Well, I can't think of anything else you can try, fzabar apparently has no answers for you on this one and while the drive is only three years old, it really depends on a lot of factors. It just takes one minor power surge to zap something so if the grid isn't really stable it wouldn't be terribly unlikely for drives to get zapped. Especially if you have a lower quality power supply.
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I thought the PSU might be the culprit, it's an EVGA BR 600+ unit, I know it's not great, but it was the best I could afford in comparison to Egypt's hardware market and its limited stock.
So before even thinking of planning on giving up on the current SSD and get to think on buying a new one, I should at least replace the PSU, correct?
 
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ospider said:
That makes total sense, and I went through troubleshooting the HDDs for a long time back then, to no avail, but it was understandable, considering their age.
But what about the SSD? I don't understand how or why that happened!! is there anything I can do to prevent that issue from occurring again?
Is this current one to be considered dead?
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The only thing you can "prevent" is loss of your data.
This is done with a good backup routine.

Drives die. Eventually, all of them, no matter what type.

I had a 3 year old SSD die suddenly.
Manufacturer replaced it (even though is was just past the 3 year warranty)
100% of the 605GB data on it was replaced with my backup routine.
 
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USAFRet said:
The only thing you can "prevent" is loss of your data.
This is done with a good backup routine.

Drives die. Eventually, all of them, no matter what type.

I had a 3 year old SSD die suddenly.
Manufacturer replaced it (even though is was just past the 3 year warranty)
100% of the 605GB data on it was replaced with my backup routine.
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I know, but t's not as easy to get more drives around here. I'm not complaining though, I perfectly see your point.
I guess after losing my two HDDs I learned to treat everything on my PC as expendable ... it's just I never thought that the relatively new SSD would follow suit.
But I guess we live and learn.
 
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