Question Why does my Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD fail to boot into Windows 10?

[wunjō]

After installing my Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB SSD m.2, it was reported that it's Health Status was “Bad” according to the Diskgenius App S.M.A.R.T. Information. The Samsung Magician App. claims the SSD was “Good”. After installing Windows 10 on this SSD, the computer would not boot, where as it would boot from a different SSD (Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB). Diskgenius still clamed the 970 EEVO was bad and Samsung Magician still claims it to be good. All drivers are up to date.

CPU Intel Core i7-9700
GPU Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)
SSD WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB
SSD Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 1.0 TB
SSD WDC WD40EZAZ-00SF3B0 4TB
HDD WD Red 4TB (2013)
RAM TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 2x8GB
MBD MSI B360 GAMING PLUS (MS-7B22)
CASE Rosewill THOR V2 Gaming
POWER Seasonic FOCUS GX-750, 750W

Anyone know why this happes or how to fix it?

 

[wunjō]

Is S.M.A.R.T. Information reliable?

 

[wunjō]

If you have had success with the Samsung SSD 970 EVO, please describe what was done. Did you install it a RAID device?

 

[SkyNetRising]

it was reported as “Bad” according to the Diskgenius App S.M.A.R.T. Information.
The Samsung Magician App. claims the SSD was “Good”.

Please show screenshots.
(upload to imgur.com and post link)

 

[USAFRet]

In addition to the above screenshot request, was the 970 the only drive connected when you did this install?

 

[wunjō]

Thank you for your reply. DiscGenius reports its S.M.A.R.T. Information as a text file and on the screen. The text file contains more information, so here is a copy. I when I said the SSD was “Bad”, I was refering to the health status.

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Samsung SSD 970 EVO Plus 1TB 1.0 TB
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Serial Number: S6S1NS0T642131A
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7
Rotational Speed: -- (SSD)
Buffer Size: --
Power On Hours: --
Power On Count: --
Total Host Reads: --
Total Host Writes: --
Transfer Mode: PCIe 3.0 x4 | PCIe 3.0 x4
Standard: NVM Express 1.3
Features: S.M.A.R.T., TRIM
Temperature: 28 °C
Health Status: Bad

-- S.M.A.R.T. --------------------------------------------------------------
ID Sta Cur Wor Thr RawValues AttributeName (See notes below)
01 G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Critical Warning
02 G __0 __0 __0 00000000012D Composite Temperature
03 G __0 __0 __0 000000000064 Available Spare
04 G __0 __0 __0 0000000000FF Available Spare Threshold
05 G __0 __0 __0 0000000000FF Percentage Used
06 G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Data Units Read
07 G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Data Units Written
08 G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Host Read Commands
09 G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Host Write Commands
0A G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Controller Busy Time
0B G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Power Cycles
0C G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Power On Hours
0D G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Unsafe Shutdowns
0E G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Media and Data Integrity Errors
0F G __0 __0 __0 000000000000 Number of Error Information Log Entries

Notes:
Sta: Status(G: Good | W: Warning | B: Bad | U: Unknown)
Cur: Current
Wor: Worst
Thr: Threshold
RawValues: Raw Values
AttributeName: Attribute Name

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DiskGenius V5.4.2.1239
https://www.diskgenius.com

2022-07-30 08:06:40


eply. DiscGenius reports

 

[SkyNetRising]

I when I said the SSD was “Bad”, I was refering to the health status.

DiskGenius is probably interpreting SMART values wrong.
I don't see anything bad in those values.
Please show screenshots.

 

[wunjō]

OK, here is the screen shot.