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    partition, migration, format, SSD help

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Xellon, Jun 12, 2014.

  1. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    Hello. I just got my laptop back from an rma. I did a factory install and there seems to be a few changes. 1 hardrive seems to have 3 partitions. Please look below:

    http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd411/xellon100/MyDiskManager_zps7afd3238.png

    Primary healthy drive, OS (C) and (D). These are from 1 drive. My SSD is reading as Unallocated and 8mb. Does this mean my SSD is corrupt? How do I go about formatting my SSD drive?

    Also, will I be able to successfully migrate over with this 1 drive having these partitions?

    Finally, as I was using the migration tool, I was unable to select the SSD (probably cause its corrupted maybe).

    edit - when I try to initialize Disk 1 (the SSD), I got an error:

    "The semaphore timeout period has expired."
     
    Xellon, Jun 12, 2014
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  2. Xellon

    Xellon Shinobi of the wind

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    I'm at a lost. I looked all over google.

    My goal is just to wipe the SSD but my pc is only picking up that 8mb partition and all software that deletes the drives just wipes the 8mb part.

    What can I do? Is it due to password protection? I know my password but I don't know how to input it.
     
    Xellon, Jun 12, 2014
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  3. tijo

    tijo Sacred Blame

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    Make a bootable parted magic flash drive and see if you wan wipe the SSD using that.
     
    tijo, Jun 12, 2014
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  4. radji

    radji Farewell, Solenya...

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    So Disk 1 is your SSD and the entire volume was encrypted/password protected?

    What application did you use to password protect it? Or was it done using the system BIOS?
     
    radji, Jun 13, 2014
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