Unmountable Boot Volume

[wowmiata]

Unmountable boot volume
Computer was at idle at 7am when I went to work. When I got home from work I had an error screen saying that windows couldn’t boot due to unmountable volume.

An unexpected I/O error has occurred.
Error code: 0xc00000e9

Asus Maximus VI Hero
Intel i7 4770K
Samsung 840 Pro 256 GB SSD (boot drive)

I am going to preface this by saying I want to do everything possible to save my data. I am by no means a professional but I have a decent bit of tech background. If I’m able to save this without a fresh install of Windows then this will by far be my most tech savvy accomplishment. I built this computer in 2013; I have an SSD for my boot drive and two separate 1tb HDD for data.
I cant do anything but get into BIOS; so I cant do anything within command prompt.

What I’ve already tried pretty much in order;

Restart like normal; same screen.
Windows repair within the F8 options; same screen.
Try to boot into safe mode with command prompt; same screen.
Unplug everything from a USB slot; same screen.
Boot into BIOS and manually boot from boot drive; same screen.

Download windows 10 on a USB drive and boot from that;
Once I boot from the flash drive I tried to do the repair start; it “diagnosed my pc” and then proceed to reboot like normal and took me to the same error screen.
Boot from USB drive and opened command prompt, ran a chkdsk /r c: – It looks like it went through every step with no errors or anything. Then I go to restart to see if that did anything and I cannot restart from within command prompt. I exit command prompt and turn off pc. Then try and boot like normal, this is where it gets odd to me. Now when I boot, it boots directly into BIOS and doesn’t even try to boot windows. So I go into my boot tab and I don’t even see my SSD. Before I ran the chkdsk I saw it (I tried to manually boot from it) but now after I ran a check and it was okay its gone from BIOS??? I’m stumped.
Now everytime I restart with the flash drive with windows on it, it boots from that.
If I boot with the flash drive unplugged, it boots directly into BIOS, still not recognizing my main boot drive. BIOS does recognize my two HDD’s.

What I’m thinking next:
Change sata cables on my boot drive
Use different sata port on mobo for boot drive

I’ve read that I can possibly download Linux onto a flash drive the same way I did windows and run the OS without a traditional install. This will allow me to access my data and just dump onto an external drive.

At this point I suspect my SSD died. What confuses me significantly is that I’ve run two chkdsk on my SSD and they have both come back fine with no errors.

Assume the SSD is dead; I run Linux Q, can I retrieve data from a bricked SSD through Linux??
Q, can I retrieve data from a bricked SSD period?
Q, how am I able to run the chkdsk with no errors if the hard drive is bricked.

 

[USAFRet]

I am going to preface this by saying I want to do everything possible to save my data.

This is precisely what backups are for.

If your SSD is actually toast, there is little you can do.

Step 1....stop screwing with it in the current system.
Step 2....plug that drive into a different system, as a secondary drive. Preferably with a USB dock.

Assuming Step 2 works....retrieve whatever personal data you need from it.
Then you can possibly rebuild the OS and applications on this hopefully not dead SSD.