[SOLVED] SSD botched after interrupted format

[spowellok]

Hoping someone can help.
I was formatting a drive when the power cut off on my computer.
The drive is now a brick. I will list the symptoms and things I tried to fix it below:

Symptoms:
1. Drive showing 17 TB
2. Drive is not detected by bios
3. Drive will show up in Disk Management when only when plugged in a sata / usb converter
4. While connected via usb drive cannot be initialized / formatted

Things i've tried:
1.Several partition Management software (arcronis, r-studio, easeus, gparted)
Shows as read only
3. Live CD variants of the above partition managers - doesn't show in Sata, shows as read-only when plugged in as usb
2. TestDisk - the only program that seems to perform a "scan" but i let it run for 4 days and it never completed, it just kept going..instead of stopping at 100% it kept going, i stopped the scan around 7500%.

Seems to be an issue with the disk's geometry.The TestDisk App has an option to show and change geometry. The heads and sectors show correctly. the cylinders are incorrect, but I cant find a program that will change it because the disk is showing as read-only.

I have attached an image so you can see what I am seeing on Disk Managment and TestDisk

Any help would be a blessing. Thanks!
Screen shot: https://imgur.com/a/jJjxnKw

 

[ChumP]

It looks like that SSD is a bust. I had similar problems with mine.

Most likely the controller of the drive is failing with symptoms like disappearing from disk management, being unable to format it, moving really slow when trying to access it.

Mine had only 30 hours of functioning and failed all of a sudden.

Unfortunately there's nothing you can really do to save it.

 

[SkyNetRising]

Connect your drive to sata and perform secure erase with manufacturer specific diagnostic tool.

What's the model name of the SSD btw?

 

[spowellok]

Connect your drive to sata and perform secure erase with manufacturer specific diagnostic tool.

What's the model name of the SSD btw?

It is a OCZ Vertex 460a, I didnt try any manufacturer tool yet. Now, since bios doesn't see it when plugged in via SATA, will the tool see it? I am downloading the OCZ tool now to check it out.

 

[stdragon]

Every SSD has a database in firmware that tracks what LBA is assigned to what memory cell address. Having a power-loss during heavy write-back operations can corrupt this due to "half writes".

Your only recourse at that point is to follow SkyNetRising's suggesting and attempt a factory reset with a reset tool provided by the manufacture. For example Samsung offers this via their Magician utility. Worst case, you have to RMA that drive.

 

[spowellok]

thanks for all the replies. so, I downloaded their official tool, the tool didnt detect the drive, even during live boot. anyone have any experience with toshiba RMA process? I dont have a receipt. The drive was reinstalled in a laptop I bought privately..Am i screwed? lol

 

[ChumP]

If you did buy the SSD from a store, then warranty should cover it... if you bought it used obviously there's nothing you can do.
Usually the memory modules are unaffected, but the SSD controller is prone to failure first.