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Restoring SSD as it was when leaving factory ?

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First post, by user33331

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Hello
Is it possible that somehow a cloning program tempered with SSDs premade standard reserved files such as: "System reserved" and "Recovery partition" causing them to corrupt and making it unable to install Windows ?

- I can use the SSD normally to store photos and data to it with USB-adapter connection.

How to check and manually fix SSDs pre-existing standard files to make it as it left the factory ?

Reply 1 of 2, by debs3759

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If you can boot into Windows on another disk, run powershell as admin, then run:

diskpart
list disk
select disk 1 (or whatever disk number diskpart sees your disk as being)
clean (this will wipe all partition data, effectively resetting the disk)

Be very careful, as whatever disk number you select in diskpart, that drive will have all its partition data deleted.

Some motherboards have an option in the BIOS to reset an SSD (I know my Maximus VIII Hero has)

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Reply 2 of 2, by user33331

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Now 500GB SSD m.2 2280 says "unreserved".
Can I now try to install Windows to it or should I do something else ?
- I'm thinking now that this new SSD works 100% and the other laptop T570 just has some hardware connection problems with SSD wirings, adapter or faulty motherboard.
- I ordered 1pc m.2 2242 SSD for T570 to place it on a WWAN card slot.

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