I had an SSD completely fail after only a month of use. It was a cheap-ish KingSpec C3000 128GB. It wasn&#x27;t recognized in BIOS. Surprisingly, doing something called &#x27;power cycling&#x27; made the disk work again. It still works after 2 years of use.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.crucial.com&#x2F;t5&#x2F;Crucial-SSDs&#x2F;Why-did-my-SSD-quot-disappear-quot-from-my-system&#x2F;ta-p&#x2F;65215" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;forum.crucial.com&#x2F;t5&#x2F;Crucial-SSDs&#x2F;Why-did-my-SSD-quot...</a>
&gt; &quot;A sudden power loss is a common cause for a system to fail to recognize an SSD.  In most cases, your SSD can be returned to normal operating condition by completing a power cycle, a process that will take approximately one hour.<p>We recommend you perform this procedure on a desktop computer because it allows you to only connect the SATA power connection, which improves the odds of the power cycle being successful. However, a USB enclosure with an external power source will also work. Apple and Windows desktop users follow the same steps.<p>1.      Once you have the drive connected and sitting idle, simply power on the computer and wait for 20 minutes. We recommend that you don&#x27;t use the computer during this process.<p>2.      Power the computer down and disconnect the drive from the power connector for 30 seconds.<p>3.      Reconnect the drive, and repeat steps 1 and 2 one more time.<p>4.      Reconnect the drive normally, and boot the computer to your operating system.
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