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Someone please help! Can’t access/format SSD

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celo48

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I messed up.

Please see the photos and videos.

After trying to install Linux Mint to my OCZ SSD ARC100-25SAT3-240G partition things went bad. I cannot boot my Dosdude Patched Mojave on my 2010 Macbook Pro. I couldn’t install the Linux. I cannot format the Linux Mint partition. It says Error -69874 Couldn’t modify partition map.

Then I have to reboot the Macbook to be able to see the drives again since they disappear if you try to do something with it.

I put the SSD to an external USB case to save the data but it won’t even power up. It acts like the drive is dead but I can see it in terminal.

What’s going on?


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Just my two cents, but a thread title mentioning needing help with a Linux Mint install might get more focused attention from members who could help.
 
Thanks but I don’t need help with Linux install. I am not sure if you read my post.
 
celo48 said:
Thanks but I don’t need help with Linux install. I am not sure if you read my post.
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You missed my point. Whatever it is you need help with, substituting a specific title for a generic "please help" title may get you help sooner.
 
That I agree but couldn’t find a specific issue to post. I have a lot of issue here:) I will try better.
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Have you pulled SMART data on the drive to make sure you arent dealing with a physical failure? I know that OCZ drives are a little on the older side of things.
 
ght56 said:
Have you pulled SMART data on the drive to make sure you arent dealing with a physical failure? I know that OCZ drives are a little on the older side of things.
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I may have sounded or looked like I do know what I am doing but I don’t:) How do I do that in terminal in boot mode NOT actual OS mode. I can’t load the OS to the computer with that drive. It won’t boot. Just access in terminal.
 
ght56 said:
Have you pulled SMART data on the drive to make sure you arent dealing with a physical failure? I know that OCZ drives are a little on the older side of things.
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says not supported.
 

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Can that one do internet recovery?
(not all 2010 MBPs can)

If you can, get to internet recovery
(Command-OPTION-R), then...
Reformat the ENTIRE drive.
Then install any version of the Mac OS that you can get installed...
 
Fishrrman said:
Can that one do internet recovery?
(not all 2010 MBPs can)

If you can, get to internet recovery
(Command-OPTION-R), then...
Reformat the ENTIRE drive.
Then install any version of the Mac OS that you can get installed...
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The bar won’t go further, like this about 10 minutes.

 
celo48 said:
says not supported.
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If this is in the hard drive bay and not in a USB enclosure, I am kind of stumped because I have not seen a modern SSD not support SMART. If it is in a USB enclosure, my guess is that the enclosure's SATA bridge does not support SMART. Some of the characteristics you have described sounds as if the drive itself is physically failing, and while SMART isn't 100% accurate at predicting and identifying failures, it often yields valuable insight. I use a program called DriveDX, which was recommended to me by other folks here, to get detailed health information on the drive. There is a free trial you can use if you want to try it...if you currently have the drive in an enclosure, you may need to try a different enclosure if the one you are currently using does not work. There are also some Windows portable apps that do not require installation which can pull SMART, such as CrystalDiskInfo. I'm sorry I can't be of more help here.
 
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If this is in the hard drive bay and not in a USB enclosure, I am kind of stumped because I have not seen a modern SSD not support SMART. If it is in a USB enclosure, my guess is that the enclosure's SATA bridge does not support SMART. Some of the characteristics you have described sounds as if the drive itself is physically failing, and while SMART isn't 100% accurate at predicting and identifying failures, it often yields valuable insight. I use a program called DriveDX, which was recommended to me by other folks here, to get detailed health information on the drive. There is a free trial you can use if you want to try it...if you currently have the drive in an enclosure, you may need to try a different enclosure if the one you are currently using does not work. There are also some Windows portable apps that do not require installation which can pull SMART, such as CrystalDiskInfo. I'm sorry I can't be of more help here.
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No, it is in the Macbook not in a USB enclosure. I have tried three different enclosures also. None of them even power the unit/drive at all. I am not sure about hardware failure. Would it still show under terminal if it had hardware issue?
 
celo48 said:
No, it is in the Macbook not in a USB enclosure. I have tried three different enclosures also. None of them even power the unit/drive at all. I am not sure about hardware failure. Would it still show under terminal if it had hardware issue?
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It's possible although I cannot say how likely. I had one go into a state where it became a read-only drive and could only be viewed and accessed in certain circumstances, so SSDs can fail in somewhat strange ways. I would agree that the odds of hardware failure are probably not extremely high, but my thought was you could rule that out. I wish I had more to offer. :confused:
 
You have shown only terminal windows to view your SSD.
Does that drive appear in Disk Utility?

When you tried to boot into Internet recovery, did you try with an ethernet cable to your router (assuming that you have it available)?
You also said you waited only 10 minutes. Booting to Internet recovery depends on the speed of your internet connection, among other factors, and with some setups might take considerably longer than 10 minutes. (I would likely give up after about 30 minutes, but that's just me :cool: )
 
DeltaMac said:
You have shown only terminal windows to view your SSD.
Does that drive appear in Disk Utility?

When you tried to boot into Internet recovery, did you try with an ethernet cable to your router (assuming that you have it available)?
You also said you waited only 10 minutes. Booting to Internet recovery depends on the speed of your internet connection, among other factors, and with some setups might take considerably longer than 10 minutes. (I would likely give up after about 30 minutes, but that's just me :cool: )
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Good question. It was showing in Disk Utility when I had Yosemite USB boot then switched to High Sierra USB boot and stopped showing in Disk Utility. Though, when I hit Option key during the boot, I see the SSD.

Yes, I did also hooked up my eth cable. Still nothing. Waited 30 minutes also. Nothing. My speed is average 250mbps.
 
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I keep hitting to a wall! Is there anyway I can clone this drive to an external USB drive? What would be the command for it if possible?
 
The dd command is the most basic raw copy of a disk to another disk. Check the man pages and give it a try.
 
I did try with Yosemite boot USB again. It does show in Disk Utility. With High Sierra boot USB won’t show in Disk Utility.
 

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When booted to the High Sierra, Disk Utility, make sure to choose the View icon, or the View menu, and change to "Show All Devices". Does your OCZ SSD show then?
 
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When booted to the High Sierra, Disk Utility, make sure to choose the View icon, or the View menu, and change to "Show All Devices". Does your OCZ SSD show then?
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Good catch! But I fell for that once. So, yes I did Show All Devices. Still nothing. Yosemite shows in Disk Utility though like I mentioned.
 
I suggest that your next step would be to try to erase the OCZ device. Would you be prepared to do that? (with a backup of anything important). If you don't need a backup, and the drive is only visible from your Yosemite installer, try the erase from there. If the drive is failing (and I suspect that it is failing) then the erase may not even finish. Make sure you are erasing the device, not the partition. (The Linux install probably borked the boot blocks, I've seen that happen before) There might be some disk repair utility that (maybe) could fix that without a reformat, but it will be less stressful to (probably) find out that the drive has simply gone south (and not to a good place). The erase will probably fail, too.
And, it's time to move on from that OCZ. You can find that size (240 GB) SATA SSDs for less than $40
 
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