If the drive mounts, you could use a tool like DriveDx to check the SSD¡¯s Lifetime Left. Might shed some light on its condition.
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On Mar 20, 2025, at 12:56, Jerald Levinson via groups.io <levinson@...> wrote:
Just out of curiosity, how old is this drive?JerryOn Mar 20, 2025, at 1:05?AM, Peter Rasmusen <peter@...> wrote:
I have this 2 TB Samsung EVO 870 SSD that is use to make a bootable clone of my internal hard drive before I do system updates - so I can go a step back if anything fails.?
And today I was going to make a update from 15.3.1 to 15.3.2?
So I attach the SSD, open Disk Utility and erase the drive before I start cloning
Except - today it wouldn't. It fails.?
So I tried to erase all containers and volumes one by one. No luck.
So I tried to format it as macOS Extended - no luck
FAT32 - No luck. ?
Nothing works.?
And then in the back of my mind, I seem to remember Randy writing about how to revive a failing SSD - and if I remember right, it would implicate using a PC??
I can't find the post on this list ... but I'd hate just to throw this SSD in the bin.
What to do? Any help out there??
:-)
Peter
Ben Rosenthal