Samsung SSD T7 Disappeared suddenly while working

hi there,

I was doing a very important operation and the Samsung SSD T7 disappeared from the list of devices, it was all going well, Connected to my laptop via usb3 straight to the laptop, i didn't move the cable, was on a table, etc


Is it possible to pinpoint what's happening? it already happened another time when plugged to an USBC-A hub and copying with another hdd and at that time i thought the hub was the problem but seems to be the hard disk or the cable or something....


From Event Viewer:


Disk 1 has been surprise removed.

Reset to device, \Device\RaidPort3, was issued.



and then


Volume E: (\Device\HarddiskVolume8) is healthy. No action is needed.

As i am writing this, the device came back in the list of hard disks and everything seems normal, but something's not right. Perhaps a faulty cable? Can get a new fancy cable instead....


please help.


Best Regards,
Gabrio



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hmmhm i bent a bit the little square of the usb3 cable connector of the hdd and now it seems not disappearing anymore. damn USBs!

I find USB C connectors to be very sensitive. I have one on my ASUS that is very touchy. What I did was to glue a piece of 1/2 in. thick sponge rubber window insulation foam strip to the bottom of the USB C connector from the external drive that plugs into my computer. What this does is create a small amount of constant upward force on the plug. No more disconnects.
You may have a similar issue with your USB3 port on your computer.

jonnied12 said:

I find USB C connectors to be very sensitive. I have one on my ASUS that is very touchy. What I did was to glue a piece of 1/2 in. thick sponge rubber window insulation foam strip to the bottom of the USB C connector from the external drive that plugs into my computer. What this does is create a small amount of constant upward force on the plug. No more disconnects.
You may have a similar issue with your USB3 port on your computer.

how ironic, i have also an Asus S15 - oftentimes had other cables with this issue, usually a fresh cable fixes that but thought it's something to do with the SSD itself. i came to dislike these connectors heh

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Samuria said:

If your copying from hd to the ssd on battery it may be a power issue

no it was an operation with a software that lives on the external hdd