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SSD Failure

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  • 03-07-2017 9:41pm
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    daRobot
    Registered Users Posts: 2,380 ✭✭✭


    So my Alienware laptop with a 960GB San Disk Ultra 2 SSD decided to die on me yesterday. I was hesitant to believe it, as the drive is only 11 months old, but it's not showing up in the BIOS etc, nor on another laptop when plugged into another enclosure.

    Typically, I backed nothing up and the drive is loaded with tons of stuff I'd love to retrieve including photos of my kid as a baby :(

    I know data retrieval on SSD is tricky and expensive, so is it just a case of bite the bullet and send it back for a new one. Or could it be revived in some way (even temporarily) to get the data off it? Something that an Electrical Engineer might be able to solder etc?

    Any advice greatly appreciated.


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    stevek93
    Registered Users Posts: 3,088 ✭✭✭stevek93


    It's dead move on. Can't understand why people don't backup important information.


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    ED E
    Registered Users Posts: 36,167 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    stevek93 wrote: »
    It's dead move on. Can't understand why people don't backup important information.

    Not quite.


    How much is it worth to you OP? If its upwards of €300 start getting quotes from data recovery firms (place on Trinity Street is good).


    The DIY version is a home reflow but this will nuke all info on it which is no good to you.


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    degsie
    Registered Users Posts: 8,747 ✭✭✭degsie


    No excuse for not backing up these days


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    slavetothegrind
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    there is a power cycling routine said to revive dead ssd's. google is your friend! i've never done it but heard of it.

    Got to be worth a shot!


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    Ask for quotation: https://www.mjm.co.uk/hard-disk-drive-recovery-quotation.html


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    Gazzmonkey
    Registered Users Posts: 816 ✭✭✭Gazzmonkey


    daRobot wrote: »
    I know data retrieval on SSD is tricky and expensive, so is it just a case of bite the bullet and send it back for a new one. Or could it be revived in some way (even temporarily) to get the data off it? Something that an Electrical Engineer might be able to solder etc?

    Any advice greatly appreciated.

    If it's that important you should send it to a data recovery specialist, they can (amongst other tricks) sometimes identify what component has failed and replace it to get the drive working again.

    Best of luck and in future create backups, then create a backup of your backups. having only one spare copy of a file is not a backup btw.


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