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SSD Won't boot up, Windows might be corrupted.
Hello,
I bought an SSD (Samsung 850 evo 500GB) and I've installed Windows 10 in it (I didn't clone it from another hard drive). At first, after the installation, I was able to log in and I started to install programs, getting my files in there, that sort of stuff. In that same day, about 10-20 minutes after the Windows isntalation was complete, it froze (Windows stoped responding, I couldn't properly shut down, not reboot) so I had to force the computer to shut down (by pressing the power button for a few seconds).
After the "forced" shut down I tried rebooting it, but it didn't work, the screen stayed black untill, eventualy, there would be a message saying there was a Hardware or Software problem and I needed to repair Windows. I tried reparing it through the same process of the instalation (with a usb pen drive), but it didn't work, the SSD wasn't recognized anymore (sometimes no even in the Bios), because of that I cannot format, nor install Windows again. I even tried to run linux to try and format it, but it wasn't recognized.
I'm not sure what the root of the problem is, it might be a problem with the SSD, but that is unlikely (since it was brand new), it might be my computer, since I don't have any other computers to test it with, but I dought it (because it works fine with the hard-drive it had prior), or it might be just that Windows is corrupted, but it doesn't seem like that would make it do that the SSD was not recugnized by the system.
If anyone can help, I would be gratefull. And if any other details I might have left out are needed I will provide them.
Thank you, o/.
P.S. When the System recognizes the SSD (in the BIOS), it does recognize it as a Windows instalation.