SSD will not initialize - Data error (cyclic redundancy check)

Question

I added a 256GB SSD drive to my Alienware 18x (btx) system.  I'm attempting to initialize the drive with the Windows 7 Disk Management utility and get the *** Data error (cyclic redundancy check) *** error.  I've considered trying to fix it with chkdsk but I have no drive letter or even a volume to reference (no reference to the drive using mountvol).  I've tried to initialize the disk with Acronis and get read errors on the drive. I don't think there is a physical issue with the drive.  It was being used with no problem just days ago.  I suspect that the issue is that it was a member disk to a RAID 0 configuration on my previous laptop.  The disk management utility reports it as 476.95 GB in size which is approaching double its actual size.  I think there is something about that drive that is making it think it's still part of the RAID 0 setup. I don't care about any of the data on this drive.  I simply want it to initialize, set up a single, full size partition, and format it to be used as a single data drive in my new system.  The system currently recognizes the drive in some limited sense, but not enough to set it up to be used. Any suggestions? Thanks.

osprey4 · Answer

Hi Bodde1971,

I would boot to your Acronis disc and use that to test the drive outside of the OS environment. You should also be able to fix certain problems and re-partition it as well. If Acronis reports problems that do not allow the utility to work with that drive, then I suspect the drive has significant problems.

ejn63 · Answer

Most manufacturers have test diagnostics for SSDs -- you should run the one for yours.  It sounds like the drive has bad memory cells.

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