I'm having a major issue with my Crucial CT2000MX500SSD1 SSD. Earlier today, while trying to save a text file, it suddenly stopped letting me write anything. At first, it disappeared from the file explorer and then showed up as write-protected. In disk manager, it was uninitialized, and when I tried to initialize it, I received an error stating "a device which does not exist was specified." After updating my motherboard's BIOS (Gigabyte X870 Gaming Wifi6), I could at least get the SSD to show up again, and I managed to copy some data off it, but I still can't write anything to it.
I'm running Windows 11 Pro version 25H2 26200.8037. I checked the health of the SSD with CrystalDiskInfo, and it reports a good health rate of 99%, indicating no visible problems. However, the event viewer is full of concerning logs, pointing to file system corruption and write protection errors.
I've already run chkdsk and tried command prompts, but it says the drive is write-protected. I've backed up everything important, but I want to know if I can fix this issue or if it's time to consider replacing the SSD, especially since it might still be under warranty. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
2 Answers
It sounds like you might be running into a bug with Windows updates. You could try rolling back the recent updates that might have messed things up for your SSD. If you can revert to a previous setup that worked fine, it could potentially resolve the issue.
Backup your important files if you haven't already. Then, try running the command in CMD: `chkdsk F: /f /r /x`. It can take a long time, especially if the drive is large, so be patient! After it finishes, restart your computer and see if it allows you to copy files without hitting that write protection error. If that doesn't work, you might need to check if it's a failing drive or possibly a bad controller driver.
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