SSD died and HDD got damaged (data) after a hard shutdown

MrShox

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Hi, today I was cleaning my PC and while I was doing so, I flipped the switch of my power supply which caused my PC to boot, which is also a problem I'd like to solve.
I was in a bad situation because I've had the wires in my hands and the PC turned on, so I've hit the button for a hard shutdown, I've had to hold it for a few seconds and then it turned off, I then stopped cleaning and inspected if everything was alright with the computer.
Right after I turned it on, it gave me an no bootable devices error, press ctrl+alt+del to reboot.
My PC didn't read my SSD and my HDD, after a few minutes of restarts and being powered off, my 2TB HDD came up, but my SSD didn't. Later on I've tested my SSD on an laptop and another computer but with no luck. It is warm to touch after it's been connected but no devices it was connected to recognized it.
My HDD got away with a bricked partition, a 1.2 TB partition is rendered unusable and no device can load it.
I've managed to install Ubuntu without losing any data to the remaining 2 partitions of my HDD which are in tact, I'm running TestDisk right now to analyze the disk and it's running really slow (13 M/s).
I had important data on my SSD and alot of work I've done and some which needs to be handed in a matter of days and I'd like to learn of a way to rescue my SSD and the files on it.

HDD is Toshiba DT01ACA200
SSD is INTEL 240 GB SSD (I think it's 335)
 
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This is precisely what a good backup plan is for.
A dead drive should never be more than "Oh crap, I have to buy a new drive". Not $$$ for 'data recovery'.

Everyone goes through this at least once.
So just to clarify, you've tried the SSD in two systems and it won't even show up in the BIOS? The BIOS bit is important, because if it's not appearing in Windows there are things you can do. But if a drive has been connected properly to two different systems, and doesn't even appear at a BIOS level in either system... it is very dead. There is nothing you can do.

There are professional data recovery companies which have a chance at getting some of the data back. But you're probably talking many hundred of dollars. If that data is worth it to you, and you get in nothing in the BIOS, that's really your only option though.
 
You probably won't get your SSD data back unless you send it to a company that specializes in recovering SSD data and that's going to be BIG bucks. Even then you may not get it back.

Sudden power loss was a major problem with early SSD's and your model was first released in 2004. Since then the problem has been negated somewhat by adding capacitors on the drive to maintain power after a sudden power loss while the drive stabilizes for a shutdown. I'm not sure if your drive has that feature or not. More info: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/169124-the-mysteriously-disappearing-drive-are-power-outages-killing-your-ssds

In the future always shutdown and unplug the computer from its power source before tinkering inside for any reason. If it is a laptop, remove the battery.

And back up your data religiously.
 

Assuming OP's SSD is a 335, it was launced in Q4 2012, not 2004.

Also, given the account of holding active wires on boot, and especially given that the HDD has lost data too and now has performance issues, it very likely a short or similar has occurred and the PSU wasn't able to keep the power stable to the drives. With two drives having issues simultaneously, I don't think this is a standard symptom of unexpected power loss.

In any case, it's probably a moot point. I agree with you that if they don't show in the BIOS, your only hope for data is a specialist recovery company.
 
Hi everyone, thanks for answers, I've just managed to fix my problems.
Well, the SSD flatted out and is 100% unrecognisable on any pc, sadly, my warranty expired and I had to buy a new SSD.
The data on HDD that got damaged wasnt really important but all the stuff I had on SSD was.
Figuring there is no way to recover that data, I'd like to know is it possible to make the SSD usable again even if it means to wipe all data from it?
I've got it connected to a external docking station, while it's not seen on the computer, it is working because it's warm to touch.
 

Your SATA controller is most likely shot if i had to guess....your not getting any data off of that unless you send it in like people above mentioned. If you need reccomendations on who to send it to these people do a pretty good job. https://www.krollontrack.com/ps211-data-recovery/brand/?gclid=CjwKEAiA4dPCBRCM4dqhlv2R1R8SJABom9pH_vxEVua7LaMaAQwvgw-Hrj1dH-tzittS3FABYaUxehoCVLTw_wcB
Its a $150 assessment fee alone just to send it in and get a quote. The cheapest i have seen these recovery's has been around $800 depending on what is on the drive and how much is on the drive.
 


The data is not priced at that much but it's my web dev work, photoshop and passwords for my servers. So recovery is a n-go, I don't have that much money.
 


This is precisely what a good backup plan is for.
A dead drive should never be more than "Oh crap, I have to buy a new drive". Not $$$ for 'data recovery'.

Everyone goes through this at least once.
 
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Yup.. Gonna set up a cloud somwhere for my work and I'll be more careful next time I save my data :) This happened to me for the 1st time ever so yeah, at least once :)