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#m.2 randomly died? looking for advice on how this could've happened or if I can recover data
strange spear
severe mortar
Once an SSD dies, that’s usually game over.
The one advantage spinning media had was it gave you some warning and time to at least get some of your data.
As for why,
Electronics aren’t perfect. They break sometimes. That’s why we have warranties :)
strange spear
So no possibility of data recovery?
severe mortar
Not without bucket loads of money for specialised recovery.
How do you know it’s dead ?
FYI
3 Golden Rules of Computing
- backup
- Backup
- Backup
slender sable
What do you declare as dead?
Doesn't pop up anymore?
Doesn't respond to anything?
strange spear
Doesn't show up in bios or anything, tested on multiple computers
slender sable
Is it by any chance a Samsung?
strange spear
Kingston
slender sable
Ah. Alright..
I asked since there was a power only cycle method for sata ssd from Samsung
strange spear
It's under warranty still so not all bad but the data is what i care about more unfortunately
slender sable
But yeah, the its pretty much game over. As of how.. age, heat, writes, bad voltages, thats what comes to mind
slender sable
It's under warranty still so not all bad but the data is what i care about more ...
Yep.. you could give linux a try, but i highly doubt its gonna be able to do anything, otherwise, its time to desolder the chips and read them
strange spear
If it doesn't show in bios would it show in Linux?
slender sable
Probably also need to disable any kind of security mechanisms for closest hardware control.. and honestly? Doubt its gonna do stuff