Spinrite seems to be stuck in a loop at data transfer safety during mass storage discovery..

[apr67]

Spinrite seems to be stuck in a loop at data transfer safety during mass storage discovery..

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The SSD in this laptop works, I was just trying to run a level 2 for maintenance.

 

[ColbyBouma]

1. Are you using SpinRite 6.1 Release 4?
2. What is the model number of your laptop?
3. What is the model number of the SSD?
4. Is the SATA controller in AHCI or ATA mode, and can you change that in the BIOS?

 

[peterblaise]

Command-line options to the rescue:

SPINRITE NORAMTEST SKIPVERIFY​

Also try:

SPINRITE NORAMTEST FORCEBIOS​

Or together:

SPINRITE NORAMTEST FORCEBIOS SKIPVERIFY​

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Also, let us know if THIS works on it's own:

SPINRITE NORAMTEST​

 

[PHolder]

SpinRite is attempting to confirm
this drive's data transfer safety.

It's my understanding that SpinRite does a read/write test on the very last portion of the drive during initial discovery. I think, in essence, it wants to make sure that the signs in the system that there is a drive present are backed up by the correct functioning of an actual drive.

If you have another tool that can access the drive (even in Windows) make sure the drive will actually reach the last section of the drive. (One option might be the hex editor HxD (as it allows RAW disk access.)

 

[apr67]

Ok, I will try this stuff. I think the SSD may have an issue, but this is an older laptop with a 2 year old SSD and I am not sure what to make of the bios (trying to get it to boot a USB is a pain). I think I will try testing this in another machine to see and if it is the drive I will send it back.

Drive info

Trademark	Silicon Power
Model	SPCC Solid State Disk
Capacity	476.9 GB
Interface	SATA
SATA version	3.2
Form-factor	2.5"
Firmware	HPS1104J