> I put the disk in a USB3 box and bought a new one. I know that
SSD
> disks loose memory with time. I wonder how this works and I thought
> that maybe if I reformat the disk, I will be able to use it again.
I don't recall if you mentioned the model of SSD you have. I wonder if it has SMART
capability.
What is the output of
sudo smartctl --all /dev/sdX
where X is the device identifier
I put the disk in a USB3.1 box. It says:
smartctl 7.0 2019-03-31 r4903 [x86_64-linux-5.2.13-200.fc30.x86_64]
(local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-18, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke,
www.smartmontools.org
/dev/sda: USB to NVMe bridge [please try '-d sntjmicron' and report
result to: smartmontools-support(a)listi.jpberlin.de]
Please specify device type with the -d option.
Use smartctl -h to get a usage summary
The other new one gives much more information. I should probably try
when plugged directly to the mother card.
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