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Recent content by holsen

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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    Hey, Yes and thank you for checking in. I caught up in a project. Here's a screenshot of the Disk Management console with 500GB nvme Samsung Evo 970 attached via USB 3.0 nvmee enclosure. It simply doesnt register. The Blue LED on the enclosure lights to confirm power but the drive is...
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    That's exactly correct. I originally opened the Surface, pulled the SSD put it in the enclosure and the the disk could be recognized but not initialized. I took it out of the the enclsure, put it back in the surface and cleansed it. Then I put the cleansed SSD back into the enclosuer and...
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    When I pulled the drive on Saturday and plugged it into another PC, using Both Diskpart and Disk Management - the system could recognize the disk but couldnt initialize it. I figured it was because it was the boot drive on the Surface - so I put it back in the Surface and ran disk cleanser...
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    Thanks, I do have NVMe enclosures.
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    Thank You. Here's the drive in and the drive out
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    The disk is officially dead. I wiped it with Acronis Drive Cleanser and now on another PC connect by USB, neither Diskpart or Easus Martition Master caan "see" the drive. I don't know if there's anything I can do. But at this point - thi drive is out, rendered useless and if anyone can help...
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    OK, yes That makes sense and I understand. Not only am I new here, there is no way for me to prove that I'm not just trying to hack another's gear. I suppose I could show you a pic of the inside (I can tell you, getting a surface apart is no small feat). This thing is so old the battery fried...
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    Repurpose C Drive SSD from Surface

    I've got Surface Pro 4 Ready for the Recycle Bin but I want to Keep the internal SSD and use as a USB portable storage. I removed it from the Surface plugged it in to another computer and tried to initialize it and format but of course I cannot. The drive was set up as MBR and has secure boot...