Old SSD won’t work in new PC

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Dell 8940 had problems but 2tb SSD works well. Bought a new Dell 8960. The SSD won’t initialize in the new PC. Virtual sez access is denied. I finally deleted the. SSD

I also Have a 1Tb that works on the new pc.

It is an SDSSDE61-2TOO1-G25

Thank in advance.
Tom
Thh97@msn.com

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It means the drive’s partition table or permissions got messed up, not that the SSD is dead.
Here’s 3 thing to consider:

  1. Open Disk Management → if it shows as Unallocated, right-click and initialize it (pick GPT). Then create a new volume and format it.
  2. If it still says “access denied,” use the command line tool DiskPart to clean it and create a new partition (takes a couple of minutes).
  3. If Windows still struggles, update the SanDisk firmware using the WD Dashboard software, sometimes the 2TB models need that update to behave with newer Dell hardware.
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To fix the issue, first check the BIOS to make sure the SSD is recognized, SATA is set to AHCI, and Intel RST is disabled if needed. Then, in Disk Management (run as Administrator), initialize the disk as GPT and create a new NTFS volume. If access is still denied, use Command Prompt as Administrator with Diskpart to select the disk and run the clean command, then reinitialize. Updating the SSD firmware may help, and any previous encryption or security flags may require a secure erase. Following these steps usually allows the SSD to work on the new PC.