techsupport @lemmy.world plotting_homelab @lemmy.world 1 yr. ago

SSD keeps going read only

So I own a Lenovo legion 5i laptop and I installed a brand new mushkin Vortex 2tb NVME SSD last year. But it has gone into read only about 30 times since I got it but smart reports 0 errors. I reboot my machine and boom fixed it it takes place in windows and in Linux often in the middle of my work so I can't save again. I did like to fix this issue but don't know what to do as there are no errors.

The drive is gpt and has multiple partitions of which my NTFS partition has the most problems as it sometimes requires a reboot of windows even when it worked before in Linux. But my swap and ext4 partitions also fail. In total there are 6 partitions 1 large NTFS partition, 2 large ext4, a swap partition and a bios and fat partition for tripple boot. My OS's are up to date and are windows 11, pop_os and Gentoo. My other samsung drive never has this issue. But my laptop has had a motherboard replacement and a ram replacement since I got it last year.

I hope you can guide me in the right direction. Thank you for at least reading this.

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SSD data going read-only is a telltale sign it’s failing. The good thing is that the data is still accessible, unlike HDDs, but start backing up ASAP.
- I thought that would be it so backup every week currently but there are no smart errors. So it can't be failing correct?
  
  If it’s a shit drive it ain’t gonna do S.M.A.R.T. properly. I could be wrong though, but why risk it?
None of that is normal on a healthy drive. If you have not, please make backups of your data ASAP.
- I have done that already every week I make a backup because I don't thrust it. But it won't show errors so the shop I bought it from won't accept it as a return
  
  Take it back to the shop
  
  Ask them to save a file on the desktop
  
  Reboot
  
  Ask them to access said file
  
  File missing, drive faulty, demand replacement
  
  Beyond that if they still won't honor the warranty, you'll probably have to pony up to buy a new SSD
  
  You might try CrystalDiskInfo. I know nothing about it, but there are several forum posts elsewhere that suggest it.
  
  Example: https://forums.tomshardware.com/threads/ssd-locked-at-read-only.3635022/
  
  Edit: on second thought, just contact the vendor and run the diagnostics they all you to.
You bought a budget nvme drive, and you got budget quality and longevity. Best advice is what you're already been given - back up your data and replace it. If you want better quality and/or longevity, I suggest you don't buy the same one again.
- But where are the smart errors if it's failing. Also it claims 1pb write and 5year warranty speed is as claimed 7gigbyte/s
  
  You are not listening to what you are being told.
  
  You bought a budget drive.
  
  You got budget quality.
  
  You got budget longevity.
  
  It doesn't matter what the companies marketing material say about its product.
  
  Companies and marketing lie.
Check dmesg for errors, not smart.
- O that is a good one maybe there might be more didn't think of that thx
  
  If your filesystem is going read only, that's your filesystem doing it and not the disk itself. You may just have a corrupt FS that can be solved with a repair, rather than a failing drive.
  
  Or maybe you have a failing drive, in which case IO errors in dmesg will confirm that you need to replace it.
Maybe try https://www.grc.com/sr/spinrite.htm
- That ancient tool isn't for SSDs. But if you want OP's SSD to die quicker it's a good suggestion :P
  
  What makes you say Spinrite isn’t compatible with an SSD? It is actively developed with version 6.1 due out any day bringing additional SSD support.
  
  OP’s SSD is under 2.2 TB and OP is only looking for diagnostic information only. Spinrite will probably give more details than necessary.
  
  https://forums.grc.com/threads/does-spinrite-6-0-support-ssd-solid-state-drives.927/
  
  SSD's suffer from different, but closely related, troubles due to their having so much data crammed into such a small space.
- It looks like that is for data recovery but I haven't lost data it's just an annoying thing to save it on my other drive and then reboot and save to the original drive
  
  Spinrite was originally just a diagnostic tool. It will probably give you more details than necessary or you know what to do with.
  
  The problem with SSD’s and diagnostics is SSD’s have a controller preforming all kinds of wizardry and witchcraft between the flash memory and the motherboard. This is because drive makers are cramming more and more into the same space.
  
  In all likelihood your drive is failing or your motherboard is. You can’t do anything about it except replace the failed component. Diagnostic tools might help identify the problem, and might not help at all. Tools like Spinrite rely on the drive controller to tell the truth. If it’s lying, fudging, or broken you’re SOL.

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