I've had a samsung 850 evo 500GB drive for about 3 or 4 years. Yesterday I was copying a file to another folder and the computer froze. I had to hold the power button to turn it off. On reboot, the computer tried to POST for a lot longer than usual, but was successful. (The POST time is normal without the SSD installed). After the POST I came to a screen with a blinking cursor, like a command line, and nothing happened. I tried using the windows disk to repair the drive, but it was not recognized. So, I've installed windows on an HDD. In the disk management window the SSD says it needs to be initialized, but everytime I try to initialized it, I receive and error message. I've tried the easeus data recovery software, but the drive still is not recognized. Does it sound like this drive is dead? Any feedback would be appreciated.
Thank You.
Thank You.
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