New to SSDs and Getting Benchmark Errors

[jayt101]

Hi All,

I've recently upgraded to my first SSD Samung EVO 850 on our family computer. I've since then installed a few programs, games and antivirus (Avast). My younger brother had installed a pirated copy of Office onto the PC, which I have since removed. After Running a security scan, Avast detected 4 threats, which I had cleared. Everytime I run the benchmark AS SSD, I get the following error:

http://imgur.com/HpOys0I

I've tried googling the issue but can't find a solution. Its driving me crazy! When I first installed the SSD with a fresh copy of windows with no programs, the benchmark ran fine. Could the pirated software caused an issue on the ssd?

Thanks for your help.

 

[Elixer]

Depends on the pirated program, and if it had malware in it.
Best thing to do is clean install the OS again.

I would also secure erase the SSD before the reinstall of the OS.

 

[jayt101]

Is this really the only way to go about it ? How would I secure erase if the SSD is my primary boot drive? Typically I would just format from Windows 7 cd

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[Puffnstuff]

Have you tried using another benchmark program such as atto?

 

[nerp]

If your hunch tells you that it might be due to malware, I'd bite the bullet and reinstall.

You can secure erase with the samsung magician utility.

 

[razel]

Do a chkdsk /x. Re-run the bench in safe mode. Like others have mentioned it doesn't hurt to re-download the program.

 

[Hellhammer]

Have you simply tried to run AS-SSD as an administrator?

 

[jayt101]

If your hunch tells you that it might be due to malware, I'd bite the bullet and reinstall.

You can secure erase with the samsung magician utility.

Thanks Nerp. I have a stupid question, If I secure erase with Samsung Magician Utility, how would that work if its my primary drive? If I secure erase, will the screen just go blank?...

Also, I've tried to run as administrator and same error. I haven't tried Atto yet so I'll give that a shot. Samsung Magician says the drive is in good condition, and no issues when I run the benchmark with that software.

 

[Hellhammer]

Is there AS-SSD-TEST42 folder in your C directory? If there is, delete that and try again. It's the temporary directory where AS-SSD writes, which should be deleted as soon as the test is done. In any case, it's an error in AS-SSD and has nothing do with your SSD.

 

[birthdaymonkey]

Do you have Samsung Magician running while you're doing the benchmark? Try disabling it and run again.