Previously working SSD is detected in BIOS but stopped working

[Exowe]

I've build a PC 1 year ago with a 240GB SSD (Mushkin Eco 2) with windows 10 installed on it and everything was working properly.

One day, I started to see the '' Reboot and select proper boot device'' error, I would just restart the computer and eventually it would boot up. But now it shows the error every single time and does not boot. I'm currently running a portable version of windows from a USB drive.

The SSD is still detected in the BIOS but I can't use it. I can see the drive in ''Computer Management'' it appear online but that's all, no letter assign to it or anything, not even the blue bar and the amount of space available shows up...and it does not appear on ''This PC''.

Here's how it looks: http://imgur.com/oRrxEXd
(when I right clic on it and select properties, it say that it's working properly and the last driver is installed on it)

I've tried multiple solutions for about 2 weeks now, I fear that the drive is failing but since it still shows up in the BIOS I don't know if it's possible.

Anyone have a fix for that?

Thanks for your time.

 

[tsnor]

Sandforce is a controller. Your SSD has a brand like "Kingston" or "OWC" or "Intel" or ....

Go to the brand website and download the diagnostic tool for your SSD. See if the SMART diagnostic tests work. At a guess, the drive is dead but is able to respond to enough SATA commands that the MB BIOS knows the drive is there. For the sandforce 2800 controller (that's an enterprise controller, different than the consumer one you likely use) there were some reset commands that could bring a drive back to life, not sure what's possible with your drive.

Aside: Learning SSD failure rates motivated me to have a good backup strategy at home. They (used to) go up like popcorn. Think the rates are better now, they used to be worse than spinning drives.