NVMe 2230

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zimmerrm

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how can I run spinrite on my NVMe 2230 ssd drive from my uefi computer on my other computer that is not uefi. Is there a box or PCI card that will work
 
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You face a number of issues, none of which I think can be definitively answered. SpinRite runs in DOS. So first you need to rely on DOS to detect the drive and then second you need it to make it look like the types of drives that SpinRite can work with, as it doesn't have any built in support for NVMe. The remaining problem is that the drive processing may be pretty slow, if, say for example you put it in a USB container that is detected by DOS, it may only operate at USB 2, or even possibly USB 1, speeds, depending on the BIOS.
 
An involved alternative is to create a Win-To-Go on a fast external SSD, with an installed VM running SR. See this thread. Maybe not practical if you have only one or two PC's but useful with many PC's.