SSD Formatting & Installation

[CyrodiilWarrior]

Dear RetroPie community,

In the long past I had RetroPie up and running on a SSD drive, linked to my Pi 4 model.

I've tried various methods to reformat the SSD without any success. I've tried the following methods:

• Windows - Command Prompt (run as Admin) diskpart, delete, delete override, etc
• Windows Disk Mangement
• Windows - My Computer - format SSD
• Windows - AOMEI Partition Assistant (free)
• EaseUS Partition Master (free)
• Linux Cinnamon on USB - GParted (HDD manager utility)
• Windows - Raspberry Pi Imager
• Linux Cinnamon on USB - Raspberry Pi Imager

GParted:

Raspberry Pi Imager:

I'm not sure what else to try. I've really stuck and worried that my SSD maybe ruined.

Please help.

[mitu]

Can you write anything on the drive or is it stuck in a read-only state ? Looks like the SSD is broken or at least the controller on it has set the drive in read-only mode.

[CyrodiilWarrior]

@mitu I don't think I can write to it. I couldn't delete the existing files on the FAT partition, either.

[mitu]

@CyrodiilWarrior What I meant is to create or edit a file on one of the partitions and see if it's working.

[CyrodiilWarrior]

@mitu that's not working sadly :(

[mitu]

I'd say that it's most likely broken and became read-only, thus the inability to erase the partition table and create a new one (re-partition).