Festplatte Initialisierung Fehlermeldung?

It’s good that you’re careful before you go on, because at initializing a hard drive (no matter if GPT or MBR) the Re-created partition table. This would mean that your existing data on the SSD would no longer be accessible. In addition, Windows automatically sends the TRIM command, which the sectors can reset to 0 and delete the data irreplaceably.

Here are a few things you could check before you do something else:

1. Testing adapter type: There are different types of M.2-SSDs – NVMe and SATA. If you use an NVMe adapter, but the SSD is an SATA SSD (or vice versa), the adapter will not be able to detect the SSD correctly. So check whether the adapter fits the type of SSD.
2. Direct access should be possible: Normally, an external SSD removed from the system should be directly accessible without having to initialize it. If the SSD is not displayed and requires initialization, it may be possible to use a proprietary software Full-Disc encrypted to prevent access.
3. Check physical size in data carrier management: Check the status and physical size of the SSD in the disk management. If unusual sizes or anomalies are displayed here, this could indicate a problem with the SSD itself or the adapter.
4. Taking into account data recovery: If the data are important, it would be safer not to process the SSD further. If the adapter fits and the access still does not work, a professional data recovery could help restore the data without risk.

I hope this will help you! For further questions or if you need support for data recovery, we are of Attingo Data Recovery happy for you.