Got a dead SSD? My 256GB boot drive packed up yesterday. I tried reformatting it in Apple’s Disk Utility and in the Terminal, and also tried in Windows 7. All efforts to format failed, and eventually the drive refused to mount.
I got this from Crucial Support: plug the power cable into the drive, but not the data cable, leave it for 30 min, unplug for 30 seconds and repeat. After two power cycles the SSD may come back to life – mine did!
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To clarify — do you leave it on for 30 min or 30 sec? Thanks!
Hi Paul,
On for 30 min, off for 30 sec, on for 30 min, off for 30 sec, reinstall.
You could have knocked me over with a feather when it worked!
Wanted to confirm this, can’t believe it worked.
OCZ Vertex Plus 60GB
this work, thank you
SSD Samsung PM810
Unfortunately my Kingston looks too far gone for this to work
Good info to have though