Hey everyone, I've had a pretty rough day. Around 3 PM, I was updating the game Marvel Rivals on Steam as usual when the download got stuck at 95%. I tried to pause and resume the update, but things started lagging – first Steam, then Discord – and eventually, I got a black screen. After restarting my PC, I encountered a "Reboot and select proper boot device" error. I checked the BIOS and my SSD appears to be recognized just fine. I attempted several fixes: Windows startup repair and system restore using USB installation media, but both failed with errors. When trying to run commands from CMD, it looks like my SSD might be corrupted; I've gotten messages about corrupt file records and write protection issues. I even tried reinstalling Windows but couldn't create or find a new partition. Is there any way to fix my SSD? If it's beyond repair, can I retrieve my files? I'm really stressed out about this. Thanks for any help!
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It sounds like your SSD might be failing and could have some bad sectors. Replacing it could be your best bet. It's likely not Steam that caused the issue; it just happened to be writing to the disk when it failed. Sorry you're going through this!
Is there any chance I can recover my files from the SSD before I replace it?