SSD crashes every few minutes

[hafruit]

Hello, I recently bought a new MacBook because my old 2012 model was crashing every few minutes.

I have since taken the SSD out and put it in an external caddy, however the SSD in the caddy is still crashing every few minutes. I get the "this drive has not been properly ejected" notification. I have been trying to copy a few files off it at a time but it's time consuming and I'm worried about it failing completely. I know some files are already corrupt.

I have tried the basic first aid in disk utility which doesn't seem to have helped.

Does anyone have any ideas for things I could try? To stop it shutting itself off? I'm not sure if its a hardware failure and there's nothing I can do or if maybe it somehow became corrupted in the old Mac and there is some kind of potential fix?

It's my own fault for not backing up but it's all pictures of my 2 year old so I'm really grateful for any advice. I've been googling a lot but can't find the answer.

HDD was a cheap one off Amazon (also my fault) incase it makes any difference: TCSUNBOW SSD 1TB 2.5 Inch SSD SATAIII 6GB/s Up To 560MB/s .

 

[PaulD-UK]

Which caddy? Which cable? Old varieties of both can be problematic with new Mx Macs.

Was it the boot drive of your old MBP? Was the crashing caused by the drive?

 

[Bigwaff]

Tough one... perhaps the SSD is overheating. You can remove it from the enclosure and try using an adapter like this -

NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter USB Bare... at MacSales.com

U3NV2SPATA (*) NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter USB Bare Drive Adapter. Reuse or access data from just about any bare external 2.5", 3.5" or 5.25" IDE, ATA, ATAPI or SATA drive via USB 3.1 Gen 1. *New. Open Box.

eshop.macsales.com

 

[hafruit]

Which caddy? Which cable? Old varieties of both can be problematic with new Mx Macs.

This one which is a few years old now: ORICO 2.5 Inch SATA to USB 3.0 Tool-free External Hard Drive Enclosure for 2.5" SATA III HDD and SSD with UASP Compatible for Windows Mac OS (Black)

I had assumed it wasn't the enclosure though as it basically had the same issue internally in the old MacBook Pro?

 

[hafruit]

Tough one... perhaps the SSD is overheating. You can remove it from the enclosure and try using an adapter like this -

NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter USB Bare... at MacSales.com

U3NV2SPATA (*) NewerTech Universal Drive Adapter USB Bare Drive Adapter. Reuse or access data from just about any bare external 2.5", 3.5" or 5.25" IDE, ATA, ATAPI or SATA drive via USB 3.1 Gen 1. *New. Open Box.

eshop.macsales.com

Thank you I will look into this. If it was overheating would running with the back off the hard drive enclosure help? and could it really overheat in 10-15 min?

 

[theorist9]

If it was overheating would running with the back off the hard drive enclosure help? and could it really overheat in 10-15 min?

Seems unlikely it would overheat that fast. You could test this by taking the cover off and pointing a fan at it.

The other thing you could try would be plugging the enclosure into an older Mac, in case there's a compatability issue (maybe a friend has one). Just make sure you're friend's Mac is fully backed up before you do this. Or it could be the enclosure. Or it could be the SSD itself.

 

[Chuckeee]

Just a wild guess:

Possibly a disk scam? Actually capacity is not the advertised/listed capacity

 

[Slartibart]

the sudden-dismount problem on newer macOS versions and some solutions.

 

[Fishrrman]

If you're trying to move your data from the old SSD to "somewhere else", this is what I'd recommend.

First, get ANOTHER drive that you know is good. Don't buy an "off-brand" drive.

Then, download CarbonCopyCloner from here:

Download Carbon Copy Cloner | Carbon Copy Cloner | Bombich Software

bombich.com

CCC is FREE to use for 30 days, I believe. It will do what we need to do.

Now...
Connect both the old SSD and the new drive.

Open CCC and accept the "defaults" for now.

Put the source drive (the old one) on the left.
Put the target drive (the new one) on the right.
Ignore "scheduling" -- we don't need it.

Then, click the "clone" button.

WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN:
CCC is going to create a "clone" (exact copy) of the source drive onto the target.

BUT... CCC has a special feature that even the finder doesn't have (when copying files en masse):
That is... if CCC encounters "a bad file", it keeps right on going, trying to copy all the good files. (by contrast, the finder would just "quit"... and leave you stranded)
And... if CCC gets disrupted (such as an unwanted disconnection)... when you restart it it should pick up just where it left off before.

The goal is to get all your salvageable data OFF the old drive, and onto the replacement.

Again, CCC is FREE to use for 30 days.
That should give you time to do what you need to do.

Good luck.

 

[hafruit]

Just a wild guess:

Possibly a disk scam? Actually capacity is not the advertised/listed capacity

Haven't heard of this but it was a cheaper drive so wouldn't be surprised! Maybe I'll delete some big files and see if it helps!

BUT... CCC has a special feature that even the finder doesn't have (when copying files en masse):
That is... if CCC encounters "a bad file", it keeps right on going, trying to copy all the good files. (by contrast, the finder would just "quit"... and leave you stranded)
And... if CCC gets disrupted (such as an unwanted disconnection)... when you restart it it should pick up just where it left off before.

Thank you I've had a go with Chronosync which sounds similar but that doesn't pick up from where it dismounted so this sounds like a better option!

the sudden-dismount problem on newer macOS versions and some solutions.

Thanks I think it might be more the actual hard drive than the operating system/Mac version but I will try downloading the Amphetamine app mentioned and see if it helps!