I just installed two SSDs in my computer. One Samsung SSD 850 EVO and one older Samsung SSD 830.
I did not receive the Samsung USB to SATA tool, so I did some research and saw that you don't really need it. Neither of the drives are boot drives, so I just mounted them and ran Samsung Magician.
I ran into a bizarre problem with Magician and Windows 10 where it gives me a (mostly) blue screen when I booted from the bootable USB. After a few hours of digging, I found a solution to that (hitting ESC sends you to DOS, where you can type "segui0 /s". That brings you back to the blue screen, where the text that was supposed to be there has now magically appeared. After this, you agree to the disclaimer and the system will tell you that your drive is frozen and to disconnect the cables. Doing this only sends you back to step one, so instead you type "segui0" again and the system will erase the drive.
Amazingly convoluted.
Anyway, since I'm trying to erase two drives, I run into an additional problem where any attempt to erase the drive #2 is negated by the following request to erase drive #3.
Despite this, I did manage to erase drive #3 - the 830. Upon rebooting, the drive still isn't recognized by the system. I can view it in my device manager and everything seems to be kosher, but I am unable to access the drive or see it anywhere else in the system.
I was hoping to get things up and running without having to order Samsung's proprietary tool, but maybe I'm out of luck. Any thoughts?
I did not receive the Samsung USB to SATA tool, so I did some research and saw that you don't really need it. Neither of the drives are boot drives, so I just mounted them and ran Samsung Magician.
I ran into a bizarre problem with Magician and Windows 10 where it gives me a (mostly) blue screen when I booted from the bootable USB. After a few hours of digging, I found a solution to that (hitting ESC sends you to DOS, where you can type "segui0 /s". That brings you back to the blue screen, where the text that was supposed to be there has now magically appeared. After this, you agree to the disclaimer and the system will tell you that your drive is frozen and to disconnect the cables. Doing this only sends you back to step one, so instead you type "segui0" again and the system will erase the drive.
Amazingly convoluted.
Anyway, since I'm trying to erase two drives, I run into an additional problem where any attempt to erase the drive #2 is negated by the following request to erase drive #3.
Despite this, I did manage to erase drive #3 - the 830. Upon rebooting, the drive still isn't recognized by the system. I can view it in my device manager and everything seems to be kosher, but I am unable to access the drive or see it anywhere else in the system.
I was hoping to get things up and running without having to order Samsung's proprietary tool, but maybe I'm out of luck. Any thoughts?
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