Western Digital WD_BLACK SN770 M.2 2280 250GB PCIe Gen4 16GT/s, up to 4 Lanes Internal Solid State Drive (SSD) WDS250G3X0E

Ive ALWAYS bought WD caviar black drives for every mac I've owned since 1999, never once had any fail in any way- I run them hard 24/7 as I never shut my computer off, and after about 18 months-2 years I retire the drive as a backup and install a new cloned drive. Now I switched to a home built Linux box and installed a WD black m2 drive, works great, I decided to get a crucial m2 for an external USB for backups, but I couldnt get the thing to work right, when it was finally recognized I had problems transferring files to it, in frustration I yanked it out and broke it in half and tossed it, and bought another WD black m2, it came to-day, was immediately recognized and files transferred to it flawlessly, should never have bought that other brand, won't ever again!

I use this in a M.2 NVMe enclosure to clone my drive, but the computer will not recognize the drive. Searched the internet all over to find solution and none works. Until I read the WD solutions and this one works: Disable the ability for the computer to turn off the USB Root Hub to save power: Access Device Manager. For instructions, please refer to Answer ID 11635: Windows: Accessing Device Manager. Expand Universal Serial Bus controllers Right-click on USB Root Hub Choose Properties Select the Power Management tab Uncheck Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power and click OK to save the changes. Repeat for all remaining USB Hubs Restart the computer If the device is still not recognized, undo the changes by Checking the Allow the computer to turn off this device to save power for all USB hubs After saving the changes, Restart the computer. Thanks WD!!!