[SOLVED] SSD not detected

[Adam001]

Hi,

The SSD in my laptop has failed, in the best of worlds I would atleast like to recover my data, if at all possible. I have tried a few things and read various websites but would value some advice on what to do, or if I should give up.

I was working on my laptop and it froze. I have had the laptop for about one year without issues. I restarted it and it did not start Windows. I ran the diagnostic test in BIOS and got a message that the hard drive could not be detected. I have tried rebooting multiple times with no luck. I mounted the SSD in another laptop with the same specs, still nothing. I also tried connecting it to a PC SSD-USB adapter (Icy box), I can see that the adapter is connected as a device but can't access the drive. Any suggestions are appreciated.

The laptop is a Dell xps 15 9575,
Intel i7 8705G 3.1 GHz
16 GB RAM
512 GB SSD PC401 NVMe SK hynix

 

[USAFRet]

If its not detected in the original system, and if it is also not detected in a whole different system, it may just be...dead.

I've had that happen.
What saved my data was the proactive backup routine.

Dead drives happen.

 

[Adam001]

If its not detected in the original system, and if it is also not detected in a whole different system, it may just be...dead.

I've had that happen.
What saved my data was the proactive backup routine.

Dead drives happen.

Yeah, I think you're right. Do you have any experience of these recovery software that claim to be able to read "dead SSDs"? (Recoverit, easeus etc.) The websites did not instill a whole lot of confidence. Maybe a data centre is the best bet. Thanks, appreciate it.

 

[USAFRet]

Yeah, I think you're right. Do you have any experience of these recovery software that claim to be able to read "dead SSDs"? (Recoverit, easeus etc.) The websites did not instill a whole lot of confidence. Maybe a data centre is the best bet. Thanks, appreciate it.

Those are good for possibly recovering things that were accidentally deleted or a formatted drive. If the PC can't see it, a consumer level tool will not work.
I rely on my own backup routine.

With my dead 960GB SanDisk SSD, they confirmed it was dead dead dead.