Clean Install Errors - Bad SSD?

Was using computer like any other day and it became unresponsive. Music was still playing normally but nothing would respond. Couldn't even use CTRL+ALT+DEL. So I turned computer off. Restart wanted to do a 'Startup Repair', that seemed unresponsive as well. Can't get into Windows anymore. Can't seem to do a clean install either. When I start computer it stays at the all black screen with a blue windows logo forever; the one with the circle of dots going around.

Was booting from SSD but do also have HDD. I bought SSD new in November 2015.

I've never had so much trouble trying to do a clean install before. Please help.

Yes. I've been able to install Win10 onto my HDD without losing the HDD files.

Thank you for the link to the HD Sentinel.

I do not currently own a SATA to USB adapter. Is it easier to grab data with one?

cereberus said:

I doubt ssd has failed. Probably best just to nuke it

From a command prompt with admin rights, type

diskpart

list disk

sel disk n (where n is number of ssd - you can usually tell by capacity)

clean (Warning wipes drive completely - be sure you have selected correct drive)

exit

Now try reinstalling windows to ssd, temporarily disconnecting hdd to avoid boot sector issues.

Ok after I do what you've said I get into Windows Setup.
I select the SSD 'Disk 1'. If I click 'Next' to install I get this error...

We couldn't install Windows in the location you chose. Please check your media drive. Here's more info about what happened: 0x80300002.

If I click 'New' to create a partition I get this error...

We couldn't create a new partition. [Error: 0xa55c0b50].

I do believe my BIOS isn't correctly configured for the SSD.
I also bought a SATA/USB Adapter, so we can try that path as well.

Alien51 said:

Ok after I do what you've said I get into Windows Setup.
I select the SSD 'Disk 1'. If I click 'Next' to install I get this error...



If I click 'New' to create a partition I get this error...



I do believe my BIOS isn't correctly configured for the SSD.
I also bought a SATA/USB Adapter, so we can try that path as well.

How are you trying to install it.

You are booting from a usb stick or dvd, not just trying to run setup.exe. You have to boot from a stick/dvd to clean install.

cereberus said:

How are you trying to install it.

You are booting from a usb stick or dvd, not just trying to run setup.exe. You have to boot from a stick/dvd to clean install.

Yes. I'm booting from a DVD.
Restarting computer, pushing button to boot from DVD, going through setup.