This is a necessary preparatory step for enabling eDrive. Use Samsung Magician to perform a "secure erase" of your SSD.
HOW TO FORMAT SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO 500GB INSTALL
(did this)ĥ.ĝownload and install Samsung Magician. Install the Samsung 850 EVO-Series SSD as your boot drive. (Did this and installed Windows 10 Pro)ģ. Rufus is a great tool for this if you have a Windows 8.1 ISO available. (I disabled CSM and booted confirmed as UEFI)Ģ.Ĝreate a UEFI bootable flash drive with Windows 8.1 (Update 1). The steps to do this will vary depending on your system's motherboard. I have the Samsung PSID revert utility ready if needed.ġ.Ğnsure that your computer's BIOS is configured to enable UEFI boot. eDrive disables Secure Erase functionality at the ATA controller level (this means no software you use will be able to get SE working) - If you enable eDrive, the only way to disable it is with a PSID Revert utility from Samsung I’ve never installed the Intel RST driver.
HOW TO FORMAT SAMSUNG SSD 850 EVO 500GB DRIVER
Do not under any circumstances install the RST driver if you want eDrive to function eDrive DOES NOT WORK with Intel's RST driver. Any and all CSM settings in the UEFI must be disabled – You need to do a fresh install of Windows after performing the SE – I can’t even get t the SecureErase part! Secure Erase also only works in AHCI mode I try to boot from the drive and nothing happens. Is this the reason it won’t work? I am in the process right now of backing all of my data so I can wipe my MX100 and make it a pure UEFI drive as well.īooting from the Samsung drive as the primary drive with UEFI (checked under system summary) didn’t work either.Ĭreating a CD and USB boot disk didn’t work either. I am booting from the MX100 (it is a MBR drive, so I had to enable CSM to get this drive to work, but the Samsung drive is pure UEFI). Requires a Secure Erase to be done after set to "Ready to Enable" - HOW IN GOD’S NAME DO I GET THIS WORK? Requires the SSD to be set to "Ready to Enable" in the Samsung Magician Software Requires AHCI Mode (will NOT work in RAID mode) I have tried Googling for weeks and read hundreds of links and still can’t get this working! Windows 10 Pro (all latest updats as of 4/4/16) I’ve been working on this for 2 weeks and I can’t seem to get it working! Arghh! The Ars Hive Mind™ is my final solution before I give up hope! It's ludicrous how difficult it is to get all of this setup, even for an end-user. I am feeling frustrated, angry, and defeated.