SSD Suddenly Not Recognized By BIOS

[matthebat12345]

Components:
Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3P Motherboard
AMD FX-6300
PNY XLR8 240 GB SSD
270X running in Crossfire
Corsair CX 750M PSU
8GB (4x2GB) Kingston 1866mHz DDR3

Issue: My PC has been running completely fine for about 8 -10 months now, and now now I turned on my computer and it said to put in a boot device or to pick a proper boot drive. It is not recognized by my BIOS and this happened about a week ago and it showed up in the BIOS and worked about an hour later. I'm not sure what this issue is. Is this due to an issue with my SSD or my motherboard? All feedback accepted, Thanks

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

First check the connections , they try a replacement or different Sata cable.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

I think it's the SSD as they have a high failure rate , look at reviews.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820178456

 

[Luminary]

If it isn't even recognized in BIOS it means the drive might be failing.

Things to try:

1) Replace the SATA data cable & try a different SATA port on the motherboard

2) If you can boot into it afterwards, run a disk diagnostic program like Crystal Disk Info to check the drive for bad sectors

3) If the drive still doesn't boot after replacing the SATA data cable and changing the port you could try creating a bootable Ubuntu USB drive, booting into the USB, and taking a look at the SSD's drive health from there.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Reviews give the answer.

Performs well...until it dies.

Died in 16 months, without warning, I lost everything, won't buy again

It work for about 11 months before it failed

Died after 10 months of use

Worked well for a first few months

Died after 6 months.

You see the pattern , grab a Samsung EVO or BX100.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It's the drive , most reviews are nothing but high failure rates ^

 

[Luminary]

Here's a good Data Recovery guide from Tom's in the even your SSD has failed (which seems quite likely from all the evidence Blackbird has provided):

http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/id-1644496/lost-data-recovery.html

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

It won't recover if it's dead.

 

[Luminary]

True.

Sometimes failing drives can come in-and-out a few times before totally kicking the bucket, however, so I thought it would be a good resource to provide just in case the drive sees a little more activity before the end.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Checked 3 sites , mega amount of failures time for a Samsung or Crucial.

 

[matthebat12345]

True.

Sometimes failing drives can come in-and-out a few times before totally kicking the bucket, however, so I thought it would be a good resource to provide just in case the drive sees a little more activity before the end.

What do you recommend that I do if I am able to get back into the computer?

 

[Luminary]

If the data isn't corrupted you can just immediately manually transfer all important documents to an external (or separate internal) drive.

If the data is corrupted you'll need to attach the failing SSD to a different system via an external enclosure and see if you can run a software recovery program like Recuva to retrieve the data.

After that, do what Blackbird is suggesting and get yourself a quality SSD like the Samsung EVO.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Good chance you won't , look for a Samsung EVO or Crucial BX100 as a replacement , rare failure rate unlike the PNY.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

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[matthebat12345]

If the data isn't corrupted you can just immediately manually transfer all important documents to an external (or separate internal) drive.

If the data is corrupted you'll need to attach the failing SSD to a different system via an external enclosure and see if you can run a software recovery program like Recuva to retrieve the data.

After that, do what Blackbird is suggesting and get yourself a quality SSD like the Samsung EVO.

Is there any way that i can transfer my boot to my other hdd so that i can use it in the mean time?

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

No because the SSD has the OS.

You would need to perform an OS install to the HDD.

 

[Luminary]

Afraid not, the OS is installed on the SSD.

You could theoretically install your copy of Windows on a different drive, but it will wipe any data currently on it so it would have to be a bare drive (or one you wouldn't mind wiping in the process).

 

[matthebat12345]

Afraid not, the OS is installed on the SSD.

You could theoretically install your copy of Windows on a different drive, but it will wipe any data currently on it so it would have to be a bare drive (or one you wouldn't mind wiping in the process).

I believe the only thing on my HDD is all my steam games.... Which wouldnt be too big of a deal to lose.

 

[Luminary]

If you don't mind losing your games then yes, you could install Windows on the HDD for now.

 

[Dark Lord of Tech]

Then order the Samsung and install OS on HDD.