- Jul 23, 2025
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Just got my hands on a SATA SSD 256Gb that has its own mind and refuses to be partitioned.
All tests were made plugging the SSD through a USB 3.0 case.
Running Hiren's Boot 11 USB
From Disk Management
As this tried:
CrystalDiskInfo shows no "Critical Warning" whatsoever that could point to a read-only state.
AOMEI Partition Assistant
completes successfully. But not.
Diskgenius
completes successfully. But not.
complete successfully. But not.
Macrorit Partition Expert
completes successfully. But not.
completes successfully. But not.
Diskpart as admin
gives a clean disk but as soon as refreshed all is back to start. After "CLEAN" runs, I see on Disk Management that all partitions are gone but upon refreshing disk, all returns to the initial state.
Running Linux Mint 22.1
Parted lists as:
Tried:
And:
And:
And:
And:
All the above protest nothing but results nothing.
Could any enlighten one points where I'm doing incorrectly?
All tests were made plugging the SSD through a USB 3.0 case.
Running Hiren's Boot 11 USB
From Disk Management
As this tried:
CrystalDiskInfo shows no "Critical Warning" whatsoever that could point to a read-only state.
AOMEI Partition Assistant
Code:
Delete all partitionsDiskgenius
Code:
Delete all partitions
Code:
FormatMacrorit Partition Expert
Code:
Delete all partitions
Code:
Clean up diskDiskpart as admin
Code:
SELECT DISK #, CLEAN, LIST PARTRunning Linux Mint 22.1
Parted lists as:
Code:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 525MB 524MB primary ntfs boot
2 525MB 256GB 255GB primary ntfs
3 256GB 256GB 548MB primary ntfs msftresTried:
Code:
$ sudo wipefs -a /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3
/dev/sda1: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000003 (ntfs): 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20
/dev/sda2: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000003 (ntfs): 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20
/dev/sda3: 8 bytes were erased at offset 0x00000003 (ntfs): 4e 54 46 53 20 20 20 20And:
Code:
$ sudo wipefs -a /dev/sda
/dev/sda: 2 bytes were erased at offset 0x000001fe (dos): 55 aa
/dev/sda: calling ioctl to re-read partition table: SuccessAnd:
Code:
$ sudo sfdisk --delete /dev/sda
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
Synching disks.And:
Code:
$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda bs=512 count=1 conv=notrunc
1+0 records in
1+0 records out
512 bytes copied, 0,513637 s, 1,0 kB/sAnd:
Code:
$ sudo parted /dev/sda --script mklabel msdosAll the above protest nothing but results nothing.
Could any enlighten one points where I'm doing incorrectly?
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