Remove all partitions (PowerShell Clear-Disk -RemoveData -RemoveOEM).This is a scripted process, however for troubleshooting purposes I have also done it by hand, with the same result. Summary: Upon clearing all partitions from the drive, creating a 2GiB and a 222GiB (approximate size), and attempting to format the larger one, after about a minute the entire system locks up, requiring a hard power-off. A few days ago, a problem surfaced with 240GB 520 series SSDs, utilized in Lenovo W510 laptops.
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