t7 shows up as only 15mb...

[frank_b]

hello,

i got an issue with a Samsung Portable SSD T7 (500gb, FW : FXG42P2Q_2003) it only shows up as having 15mb. with the samsung software (SamsungPortableSSD_1.0) it does show 500gb but with 0 gb free. it is not password protected: the samsung software does not show it as protected and also i can enable password protection (and disable it again). any idea what the problem is?

thanks

frank

[Oxford]

Is it brand new and never been used? I would try formatting it.

[frank_b]

thanks: it has been used (by me). i can format it but does not change the (small) size... tried on my mac and on a pc.

[ChaosSaber]

You may have to repartition the drive to show its full size

[3Fees]

Secure wipe the drive and then partition it.

Cheers
3Fees

[frank_b]

macos disk utility can "repair" and "erase" without problem but it stays only 15mb. "partition" shows only 1 partition

this is what "info" says:

Volume name - WEIRD
Volume type - Unknown
BSD device node - disk18s1
Mount point - /Volumes/WEIRD
File system - MS-DOS (FAT12)
Connection - USB
Device tree path - IODeviceTree:/arm-io/usb-drd2@2280000/usb-drd2-port-hs@
Writable - Yes
Is case-sensitive - No
File system UUID - 00169938-6104-368B-B41C-9BDCE932511B
Volume capacity - 15,699,968
Available space (Purgeable + Free) - 15,683,584
Purgeable space - 0
Free space - 15,683,584
Used space - 16,384
Owners enabled - No
Is encrypted - No
System Integrity Protection supported - No

Can be verified - Yes

Can be repaired - Yes
Bootable - No

Journaled - No
Disk number - 18
Partition number - 1
Media name - 
Media type - Generic
Ejectable - Yes
Solid state - No
S.M.A.R.T. status - Not Supported
Parent disks - disk18