Windows 10: Issues with external SSD M2

Discus and support Issues with external SSD M2 in Windows 10 Software and Apps to solve the problem; Hello, I have an issues with a new external SSD M2 disk. I cant format or do enything with that disk. My pc recognize the SSD but notning else. Please... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Software and Apps' started by Zoran Cakić, Jul 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM.

  1. Issues with external SSD M2


    Hello, I have an issues with a new external SSD M2 disk. I cant format or do enything with that disk. My pc recognize the SSD but notning else. Please help.I tried to format and try to initialised SSD but no work. It said: Fatal device hardware error.

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    Zoran Cakić, Jul 1, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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  2. M2 SSDs

    Motherboard: Intel B560

    Processor: i511400

    OS: Windows 11

    SSD: Western Digital 2TB

    Windows won’t recognize me M2 SSD and I’m not sure why, I went to disk management and nothing. I went to the BIOS and it’s not showing there either. I used the cmd tool and put in the command’ disk list’, to no avail. Everything is tight and secure but nothing is popping up. Please advise.

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    StephanWilliams2, Jul 1, 2025 at 7:10 AM
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  3. shminkie Win User
    M2 NVME SSD

    So you think it truly is worth it to have windows installed on an M2 NVME SSD instead of installing it on a sata-600 ssd and installing your most important software on the M2 NVME SSD ?
     
  4. wx55asa Win User

    Issues with external SSD M2

    Help M2 drive Windows 10 legacy bios option is not seen on a external M2 USB reader

    Hello everyone,

    Hope someone can help me.

    On my previous laptop, Acer 5 515 51G with UEFI bios support, which died and, I had installed Windows 10 with bios option as legacy on my M2 NVM. Now I have a new and recent laptop, and need to recover my older laptop M2 SSD NVM content, Sadly my HP new AMD U machine with windows 11, cannot read my previous M2 drive when installed with an external M2 USB reader

    Can anyone give an indication of what I should do? Is there any BIOS twick I need to do so that my external M2 SSD allows to access the data?

    Thank you in advance.

    Greetings

    Antonio Afonso
     
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