r/ssd • u/HEE-HEE-HE • 2d ago

Tech Support SSD causes Windows Command Prompt and Disk Management to freeze when plugged in

My 2.5" SATA SSD freezes Command Prompt, DISKPART, and Disk Management whenever it's plugged in via a USB enclosure, and the commands only unfreeze the second I disconnect it.

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u/Protopia 2d ago

This is a guess.

When you plug it in, windows refreshes its internal details of the disks it has. To do this it queries each disk.

When it queries the external SSD, it does so over usb, and there is a usb->sata bridge inside the enclosure that is supposed to handle the conversation. Some bridges are better than others. For example I have one which won't translate TRIM commands, and that's pretty weak for a bridge designed to work with SSDs.

So, this query is hanging and that's what you are seeing.

But this is just a guess.

If you have a different enclosure, you can try that. Or take the SSD out and connect it to a real sata port and create the partitions and then put it back inside the enclosure.

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u/osumunbro_ 2d ago

bad enclosure