# Sandisk Portable SSD Has Died 2 months into use on MacBook Pro

**URL:** <https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595>\
**Category:** Portable | Extreme | Extreme Pro SSD\
**Created:** [May 9, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595 "2022-05-09T03:14:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![nickisnotgreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@nickisnotgreen](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/nickisnotgreen)\
**Post date:** [May 9, 2022, 3:14am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595/1 "2022-05-09T03:14:35Z")

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Hello, I bought this hard drive from Sandisk on Amazon a couple of months ago. Today, it randomly died on me. It won’t show up on my MacBook in Disk Utility or in the finder window. I have changed cables 3 times, reset my computer, and tried it out on different laptops, and nothing has changed. The SSD won’t make any noise or turn on at all. Sometimes the name will randomly show up on my MacBook after being plugged in for 10 minutes and then it disappears right as I click it. I also tried plugging it into my PC and it recognized that a device was plugged in but it showed up as an error. My MacBook shows nothing at all. Please let me know if you have any ideas as to how I can fix this!

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**Author:** ![Keerti\_01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9fc348/32.png) [@Keerti\_01](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/Keerti_01)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2022, 3:36am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595/2 "2022-05-11T03:36:29Z")

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Hi @nickisnotgreen,

Please refer to the instructions mentioned in the below articles:

Title: SSD drive is not detected  
For Windows: [USB Flash Drive or Memory Card Not Detected in Windows](https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/10)  
For Mac: [USB Flash Drive or Memory Card Not Detected in macOS](https://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/13015)

If further assistance is needed, please open a case with our support team at the following:  
[https://kb.sandisk.com/app/ask](https://kb.sandisk.com/app/ask)

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**Author:** ![imsnk8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a183cd/32.png) [@imsnk8](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/imsnk8)\
**Post date:** [May 15, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595/3 "2023-05-15T08:05:40Z")

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This link doesn’t work  
I have the same problem

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**Author:** ![H-Gary](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sandisk/user_avatar/forums.sandisk.com/h-gary/32/69281_2.png) [@H-Gary](https://forums.sandisk.com/u/H-Gary)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2025, 7:29am UTC](https://forums.sandisk.com/t/sandisk-portable-ssd-has-died-2-months-into-use-on-macbook-pro/224595/5 "2025-10-17T07:29:19Z")

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If the steps in that link cannot solve the issue, try other steps mentioned below:

1. Check your Finder settings to see if external disks are set to be hidden, and modify them to make the drive visible.

2. Manually mount the external drive.

3. Go to System Information to check if the drive is listed there, and then force quit fsck in Activity Monitor.

4. Use Terminal to see if macOS recognizes it at a lower system level.

5. Reset the NVRAM and System Management Controller.

( Also read: [Fix External Hard Drives Not Showing Up on Mac](https://macdatarecovery.iboysoft.com/external-hard-drive-not-showing-up-on-mac.html) )