SSD vanishes during a reinstall and users can't tell why
An SSD is not recognized during a reinstall, and the user cannot tell if the drive has failed.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
3 public reports · first reported 10 October 2026 · last reported 10 October 2026
What's going wrong
During an operating system reinstall, some people find that their SSD is no longer recognized by the installer, and they cannot tell whether the drive has actually failed or whether something else is wrong.
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