Question SSD returns to original state after formatting ?

[Feca]

Hey!

I got a big problem with my 240gb SSD
It used to be in my Dell workstation before and i just removed it to boost my tower.
So the problem is this:

It have a win10 pro installed on it but obviously i want to delete all data from it. Deleting not works because it says it needs admin privileges. Fine... then I format it. It's going well with both quick and normal format through manager and diskpart, BUT when the format completes the files still there nothing changed. through diskpart It's a bit different. Everything is okay till CLEAN but after clean i supposed to create the main partition (create partition primary) but when i hit ENTER the following problem pops up: The drive don't have enough space to make a partition so either way the files are not deleted and everything remains still.

Thanks for every little help .

 

[logainofhades]

You are probably going to need to delete all volumes, and partitions, via command promtp's disk partition. Just make sure you are selecting the correct drive, to do it.

https://www.techtarget.com/searchwi...t-to-create-extend-or-delete-a-disk-partition

 

[fzabkar]

Is the drive in read-only mode?

Can you show us the SMART report with CrystalDiskInfo?

https://crystalmark.info/en/software/crystaldiskinfo/

 

[Feca]

(04) SSD0240S00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : SSD0240S00
Firmware : S0222A0
Serial Number : AA000000000000000528
Disk Size : 240,0 GB (8,4/137,4/240,0/240,0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 468862128
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-2
Minor Version : ACS-2 Revision 3
Transfer Mode : SATA/300 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 11340 hours
Power On Count : 1800 count
Host Reads : 28904 GB
Host Writes : 15109 GB
NAND Writes : 39832 GB
Temperature : 40 C (104 F)
Health Status : Good (95 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM, GPL
APM Level : 0080h [ON]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter : I:

 

[Feca]

And to give a clean example i did what logainofhades mentioned and this is what happened:



Disk 3 is now the selected disk.

DISKPART> list partition

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 50 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Primary 223 GB 51 MB

DISKPART> select partition 2

Partition 2 is now the selected partition.

DISKPART> delete partition

DiskPart successfully deleted the selected partition.

DISKPART> list partition

Partition ### Type Size Offset
------------- ---------------- ------- -------
Partition 1 Primary 50 MB 1024 KB
Partition 2 Primary 223 GB 51 MB

So as i mentioned...It happens and going well in the outside but nothing happening in reality.

 

[fzabkar]

I was looking for the SMART attributes.

 

[Feca]

I was looking for the SMART attributes.

(04) SSD0240S00
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Model : SSD0240S00
Firmware : S0222A0
Serial Number : AA000000000000000528
Disk Size : 240,0 GB (8,4/137,4/240,0/240,0)
Buffer Size : Unknown
Queue Depth : 32
# of Sectors : 468862128
Rotation Rate : ---- (SSD)
Interface : Serial ATA
Major Version : ACS-2
Minor Version : ACS-2 Revision 3
Transfer Mode : SATA/300 | SATA/600
Power On Hours : 11342 hours
Power On Count : 1800 count
Host Reads : 28904 GB
Host Writes : 15110 GB
NAND Writes : 39832 GB
Temperature : 40 C (104 F)
Health Status : Good (95 %)
Features : S.M.A.R.T., APM, NCQ, TRIM, GPL
APM Level : 0080h [ON]
AAM Level : ----
Drive Letter :

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Cur Wor Thr RawValues(6) Attribute Name
01 100 100 _50 000000000000 Read Error Rate
05 100 100 _50 00000000002B Reallocated Sectors Count
09 100 100 _50 000000002C4E Power-On Hours
0C 100 100 _50 000000000708 Power Cycle Count
A0 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable sectors count when read/write
A1 100 100 _50 00000666665E Number of Valid Spare Blocks
A3 100 100 _50 00000000000E Number of Initial Invalid Blocks
A4 100 100 _50 000000029F07 Total Erase Count
A5 100 100 _50 0000000002B7 Maximum Erase Count
A6 100 100 _50 000000000122 Minimum Erase Count
A7 100 100 _50 00000000015E Average Erase Count
A8 100 100 _50 000000001B58 Max Erase Count of Spec
A9 100 100 _50 00000000005F Remain Life
AF 100 100 _50 000000000000 Program fail count in worst die
B0 100 100 _50 000000000000 Erase fail count in worst die
B1 100 100 _50 000000000000 Total Wear Level Count
B2 100 100 _50 00000000002B Runtime Invalid Block Count
B5 100 100 _50 000000000000 Total Program Fail Count
B6 100 100 _50 000000000000 Total Erase Fail Count
C0 100 100 _50 00000000017F Power-Off Retract Count
C2 100 100 _50 000000000028 Temperature
C3 100 100 _50 0000000E4D1D Hardware ECC Recovered
C4 100 100 _50 00000000003F Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 _50 00000000002B Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable Error Count Off-line
C7 100 100 _50 000000000006 Ultra DMA CRC Error Count
E8 100 100 _50 00000666665E Available Reserved Space
F1 100 100 _50 0000000760CF Total LBA Written
F2 100 100 _50 0000000E1D14 Total LBA Read
F5 100 100 _50 000000137314 Flash Write Sector Count

-- IDENTIFY_DEVICE ---------------------------------------------------------
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
000: 0040 3FFF C837 0010 0000 0000 003F 0000 0000 0000
010: 4141 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3030 3035 3238
020: 0000 0000 0000 5330 3232 3241 3020 5353 4430 3234
030: 3053 3030 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
040: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 8001 4000 2F00
050: 4000 0200 0000 0007 3FFF 0010 003F FC10 00FB 9101
060: FFFF 0FFF 0000 0007 0003 0078 0078 0078 0078 4D20
070: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 001F 850E 0004 0044 0040
080: 03F0 0110 346B 7509 4063 3469 B409 4063 207F 0001
090: 0001 0080 FFFE 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
100: 44B0 1BF2 0000 0000 0000 0008 4000 0000 0000 0000
110: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 401C
120: 401C 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0029 0000
130: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
140: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
150: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
160: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0003 0001
170: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 2020 2020 2020 2020
180: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
190: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020
200: 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 2020 0000 0000 0000 4000
210: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0001 0000 0000
220: 0000 0000 10FF 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
230: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0020 0020 0000 0000 0000 0000
240: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
250: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 B8A5

-- SMART_READ_DATA ---------------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 01 00 01 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 32
010: 00 64 64 2B 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 32 00 64 64 4E
020: 2C 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32 00 64 64 08 07 00 00 00
030: 00 00 A0 32 00 64 64 3F 00 00 00 00 00 00 A1 33
040: 00 64 64 5E 66 66 06 00 00 00 A3 32 00 64 64 0E
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 A4 32 00 64 64 07 9F 02 00 00
060: 00 00 A5 32 00 64 64 B7 02 00 00 00 00 00 A6 32
070: 00 64 64 22 01 00 00 00 00 00 A7 32 00 64 64 5E
080: 01 00 00 00 00 00 A8 32 00 64 64 58 1B 00 00 00
090: 00 00 A9 32 00 64 64 5F 00 00 00 00 00 00 AF 32
0A0: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 32 00 64 64 00
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B1 32 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 B2 32 00 64 64 2B 00 00 00 00 00 00 B5 32
0D0: 00 64 64 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B6 32 00 64 64 00
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 64 64 7F 01 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 C2 22 00 64 64 28 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 32
100: 00 64 64 1D 4D 0E 00 00 00 00 C4 32 00 64 64 3F
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 32 00 64 64 2B 00 00 00 00
120: 00 00 C6 32 00 64 64 3F 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 32
130: 00 64 64 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 E8 32 00 64 64 5E
140: 66 66 06 00 00 00 F1 30 00 64 64 CF 60 07 00 00
150: 00 00 F2 30 00 64 64 14 1D 0E 00 00 00 00 F5 32
160: 00 64 64 14 73 13 00 00 00 00 00 00 78 00 00 11
170: 02 00 01 00 02 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 53 30 32 32 32 41 30 20 30 30 00 00 00 00
190: 53 4D 49 32 32 35 38 58 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 07 9F 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF EF
1B0: 08 00 00 49 4D 30 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: BC 02 00 00 D9 16 00 00 42 16 00 00 79 02 B7 02
1E0: 3C 01 C5 88 02 00 59 01 B5 02 22 01 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ED

-- SMART_READ_THRESHOLD ----------------------------------------------------
+0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 +6 +7 +8 +9 +A +B +C +D +E +F
000: 01 00 01 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 32
010: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 09 32 00 00 00 00
020: 00 00 00 00 00 00 0C 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
030: 00 00 A0 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A1 32
040: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A3 32 00 00 00 00
050: 00 00 00 00 00 00 A4 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
060: 00 00 A5 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A6 32
070: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A7 32 00 00 00 00
080: 00 00 00 00 00 00 A8 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
090: 00 00 A9 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 AF 32
0A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B0 32 00 00 00 00
0B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 B1 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0C0: 00 00 B2 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B5 32
0D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 B6 32 00 00 00 00
0E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C0 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
0F0: 00 00 C2 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C3 32
100: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C4 32 00 00 00 00
110: 00 00 00 00 00 00 C5 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
120: 00 00 C6 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C7 32
130: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 E8 32 00 00 00 00
140: 00 00 00 00 00 00 F1 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
150: 00 00 F2 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F5 32
160: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
170: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
180: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
190: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1A0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1B0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1C0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1D0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1E0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
1F0: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F5

I think u wanted to see this.

 

[fzabkar]

These attributes indicate that the drive has begun to degrade:

05 100 100 _50 00000000002B Reallocated Sectors Count
A0 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable sectors count when read/write
B2 100 100 _50 00000000002B Runtime Invalid Block Count
C3 100 100 _50 0000000E4D1D Hardware ECC Recovered
C4 100 100 _50 00000000003F Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 _50 00000000002B Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable Error Count Off-line

This area of the SMART attribute dump tells us that your SSD is based on Silicon Motion's SM2258XT flash controller. I think IM00 is the type of NAND flash.

180: 00 00 53 30 32 32 32 41 30 20 30 30 00 00 00 00  -> S0222A0 00 - firmware
190: 53 4D 49 32 32 35 38 58 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  -> SMI2258XT - controller
1A0: 07 9F 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF EF
1B0: 08 00 00 49 4D 30 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  -> IM00 - NAND flash?

I don't recognise anything in your SMART report that would suggest that your drive is in read-only mode, so I'm out of ideas.

The only thing that looks out of place to me is the raw value of 0x666665E (= 107,374,174 in decimal) for these two attributes:

A1 100 100 _50 00000666665E Number of Valid Spare Blocks
E8 100 100 _50 00000666665E Available Reserved Space

I can only imagine that this number is encoded is some way that I don't understand, otherwise it's absurd.

You could try to write zeros to the first few sectors, or a secure erase. That should wipe the partition information, unless the drive really has become read-only.

 

[Bob.B]

Hey!

I got a big problem with my 240gb SSD
It used to be in my Dell workstation before and i just removed it to boost my tower.
So the problem is this:

It have a win10 pro installed on it but obviously i want to delete all data from it. Deleting not works because it says it needs admin privileges. Fine... then I format it. It's going well with both quick and normal format through manager and diskpart, BUT when the format completes the files still there nothing changed. through diskpart It's a bit different. Everything is okay till CLEAN but after clean i supposed to create the main partition (create partition primary) but when i hit ENTER the following problem pops up: The drive don't have enough space to make a partition so either way the files are not deleted and everything remains still.

Thanks for every little help .

Was this disk encrypted in some way?

Perhaps grab a copy of partition wizard bootable.
Boot it up and see what it thinks about this disk.

 

[Feca]

These attributes indicate that the drive has begun to degrade:

05 100 100 _50 00000000002B Reallocated Sectors Count
A0 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable sectors count when read/write
B2 100 100 _50 00000000002B Runtime Invalid Block Count
C3 100 100 _50 0000000E4D1D Hardware ECC Recovered
C4 100 100 _50 00000000003F Reallocation Event Count
C5 100 100 _50 00000000002B Current Pending Sector Count
C6 100 100 _50 00000000003F Uncorrectable Error Count Off-line

This area of the SMART attribute dump tells us that your SSD is based on Silicon Motion's SM2258XT flash controller. I think IM00 is the type of NAND flash.

180: 00 00 53 30 32 32 32 41 30 20 30 30 00 00 00 00  -> S0222A0 00 - firmware
190: 53 4D 49 32 32 35 38 58 54 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  -> SMI2258XT - controller
1A0: 07 9F 02 00 07 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF EF
1B0: 08 00 00 49 4D 30 30 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  -> IM00 - NAND flash?

I don't recognise anything in your SMART report that would suggest that your drive is in read-only mode, so I'm out of ideas.

The only thing that looks out of place to me is the raw value of 0x666665E (= 107,374,174 in decimal) for these two attributes:

A1 100 100 _50 00000666665E Number of Valid Spare Blocks
E8 100 100 _50 00000666665E Available Reserved Space

I can only imagine that this number is encoded is some way that I don't understand, otherwise it's absurd.

You could try to write zeros to the first few sectors, or a secure erase. That should wipe the partition information, unless the drive really has become read-only.

''You could try to write zeros to the first few sectors, or a secure erase. That should wipe the partition information, unless the drive really has become read-only.''

How should i write zeros to those sector and what you mean by secure erase? The drive was read only but i removed that first when i tryed to solve the problem myself.

 

[fzabkar]

You can use any number of tools to zero the drive.

This should also work for your SSD:

https://www.seagate.com/au/en/suppo...format-a-sata-or-ata-ide-hard-drive-203931en/

You only need to choose "Erase Track ZERO". That should be enough.

"Erases just the first 63 sectors on the drive which takes less than a second to complete."

 

[Feca]

Okay.
I zeroed the full SSD i checked phisical switches,etc,replaced the cables and plugged it to other sockets, i checked the bios settings too but still nothing works
I feel sad about things. Not bout the drive, thats not a big deal. It's very frustrating. Imean..... I enjoy solving problems but right now nothing helps as things stand.

 

[fzabkar]

FWIW, these Transcend SSDs have similar SMART attributes, but they don't shed any light on a possible read-only status:

https://www.tekdis.com.au/mwdownloads/download/link/id/1460/ (MTS400)

https://docs.rs-online.com/2f36/0900766b81540cf7.pdf (HSD370)

https://www.rutronik.com/fileadmin/...D_SSDs/No4172_Transcend_SSD_SSD452K2_V1.0.pdf (SSD452K2)

https://advdownload.advantech.com/p...le/96FD-M032-TR72_datasheet20211220175612.pdf (MSA380M-ADV)

https://www.hsgi.jp/documents/UK_Delkin_L270-Series-SlimSATA-MO-297_DS_CAT-00.pdf (Delkin)

https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2625958.pdf (Delkin A370)

https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/2625958.pdf (CF220I)

http://www.transcend.co.jp/products...sheet_Flash_SSD_Half-Slim_SSD25H_SLC_V2.2.pdf (TSxGSSD25H-S)

 

[fzabkar]

I was curious about those crazy raw values for attributes A1 and E8, so I found several good Transcend SSDs with those same attributes.

https://techsmashingnews.files.wordpress.com/2018/06/p5.jpg
https://static.onlinetrade.ru/img/fullreviews/79904/6_big.jpg
https://auctions.c.yimg.jp/images.a...5af57/i-img1199x1200-16175991821ut1g83169.jpg
https://www.thessdreview.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Transcend-SSD370-SSD-CDI.png
https://androidpctv.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Transcend-MTS420S-review-01-min.jpg

AISI, attribute E8 should be 0x64 (= 100 decimal) for a good drive. I think this is reporting the percentage of spare sectors that are left.

Attribute A1 appears to be reporting the number of spare sectors that are left.

In the present case both numbers are absurd, so I suspect that the firmware has hit an unresolvable snag. The result is that the firmware then switches to read-only mode to protect the user's data ... I think.