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Samsung SSD in ERRMOD and 1GB

Samsung SSDs seem to jump into a strange firmware mode.  This procedure trues to recover the drive, but sadly the data will be lost.

Use this version:

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Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2015 SAMSUNG Electronics Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Run:

C:\Temp>Samsung_Magician_DC_Windows_64bit.exe -L
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Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2015 SAMSUNG Electronics Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
==================================================================
------------------------------------------------------------------
| Disk | Model | Serial | Firmware | Capacity | Drive | Total Bytes |
| Number | | Number | | | Health | Written |
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| 1 |SAMSUNG MZ7LM1T9HMJP-00005 |<SN> |ERRORMOD | 0 GB | POOR | 0.00 TB |
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So we’re using Disk 1, so:

C:\Temp>Samsung_Magician_DC_Windows_64bit.exe -d 1 -V -e
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Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2015 SAMSUNG Electronics Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
==================================================================
------------------------------------------------------------------
Disk Number: 1 | Model Name: SAMSUNG MZ7LM1T9HMJP-00005 | Firmware Version: ERRORMOD
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Successfully issued ERROR MODE escape command to the device.
It may take up to 1 minute for the device to be ready.
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After a few minutes, run List command again:

C:\Temp>Samsung_Magician_DC_Windows_64bit.exe -L
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Samsung(R) SSD Magician DC Version 2.0
Copyright (C) 2015 SAMSUNG Electronics Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.
==================================================================
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disk Number: 1 | Model Name: SAMSUNG MZ7LM1T9HMJP-00005 | Firmware Version: ERRORMOD
------------------------------------------------------------------
Successfully issued ERROR MODE escape command to the device.
It may take up to 1 minute for the device to be ready.
------------------------------------------------------------------

And it should now be visible to Windows again, but will need initialising and formatting.

Backup Exec Exchange backups hanging

Backups hanging and never completing at random place during Exchange backups, despite having been working for a long period previously.

On the Exchange server, add the following registry entry…

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanServer\Parameter
Key: IRPStackSize (case sensitive).
Value: 30 (Hex)

Source: e00084f8 – The network connection to the Backup Exec Remote Agent has been lost – Check for network errors – refer to link V-79-57344-34040 (veritas.com)