Samsung ssd 840 evo How do I reformat

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Hi

I bought the SSD drive within the intention of using it to replace the existing HDD in a 4 year samsung laptop. Cloning etc. went fine (3 partitions on the old drive) but for a number of reasons which I won`t go into it was decided to abort the exchange and leave the existing drive in the laptop. My question therefore is :-

How do I return the SSD drive back to its original state so that I can repeat the cloning process and replacement with another laptop? Do I just format each partition? How do I get rid of the individual partitions? I presume it is possible to do so but I am not really sure how to do it.

Any help will be appreciated.
 

jkmcq

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Thanks for your reply. I thought of "Secure Erase" but when I connect the ssd to via the usb/sata cable to my laptop Samsung Magician does not recognize it as an SSD 840 evo but rather an "AMST 2105 USB Device" and, as a result, does not provide the option of a secure erase.

Going back to the start, I initially cloned the SSD with Samsung Data Migration and, according to that program, everything completed successfully. However, when I swapped the old drive for the new one (Samsung R530 laptop) it failed to boot - didn`t show up in the bios. Had to abort this project as the the Samsung laptop belonged to a visitor with us who was leaving the next day. Hence the reason for wanting to restore to "Factory Condition" so that I can reuse it.

I am now wondering whether there is a fault with SSD. What do you think? Or is there any way you know around this problem?

I really do appreciate your help.
 

jkmcq

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Thanks for your reply. I thought of "Secure Erase" but when I connect the ssd to via the usb/sata cable to my laptop Samsung Magician does not recognize it as an SSD 840 evo but rather an "AMST 2105 USB Device" and, as a result, does not provide the option of a secure erase.

Going back to the start, I initially cloned the SSD with Samsung Data Migration and, according to that program, everything completed successfully. However, when I swapped the old drive for the new one (Samsung R530 laptop) it failed to boot - didn`t show up in the bios. Had to abort this project as the the Samsung laptop belonged to a visitor with us who was leaving the next day. Hence the reason for wanting to restore to "Factory Condition" so that I can reuse it.

I am now wondering whether there is a fault with SSD. What do you think? Or is there any way you know around this problem?

I really do appreciate your help.
 


Is the computer that you're working on a laptop or desktop?

If it is a desktop, can you connect the SSD to your computer by installing it to a SATA port on your mobo?

Yogi

 

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