Preparing your old Windows SSD involves cleaning, testing, and possibly repairing or replacing the drive.
Preparing your old Windows SSD involves cleaning, testing, and possibly repairing or replacing the drive.
Alrighty so I'll start with some context, I used to use a 500GB Samsung 950 Evo ssd as my boot drive. I have since bought a 960 Evo m.2 ssd and now I would like to format the 950 Evo so I can use it for my linux install. I've tried disk management as well as diskpart and both will not allow me to format the drive. If anyone could give me some guidance so that I can format this drive as I do not use any of the files on it anymore so I would like to use it for better things. If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated.
Format the drive using the Linux installer. Ensure you select only Linux-only file systems, such as LVM. Check for any error messages or screenshots you encounter.
The formatting option in Disk Management is hidden. Using DiskPart produces the error link you provided.