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Thanks! I tried it on SSD SU650 240GB and it works again!

I have maxsun ssd 512 gb *6 i used it as a external hard drive it suddenly not showing up data but showing in disk management as a disk 1 un located and space shows 1 mb plz help me to find us important data plz

I do only have a cable that goes on to both ports at my ssd what should i do?

Is it crucial I be in the bios? If I have a spare sata connection can I just connect it there without connecting the data transfer cable? Or has anyone tried this?

YESSSSS. My porn collection is not going to take $300 to recover!

anyone has tried this with a SA510 WD?

how stupid is this, the pc does not send any data but leave it on pc how the f ssd knows is on bios .

I am trying this with my Samsung 870 EVO. I hope this works but I am still very disappointed by Samsung. Its been only 2,5 years.

EDIT: I tried it two times for over an hour. Didnt work at all. Cant even use the computer manage tool from windows. Doesnt show anything.

This is some really good advice. I was told my SSD was dead at the company service center. I followed your advice and i have everything up and running again. Thanks!

Wow, thank you! I didn't know about the self-repair procedure. I've just had an SSD die on my, but it didn't contain anything special so I immediately RMAed it. Next time I'm going to use the power only trick. Cool!

My liteon M2 sata 2260 ssd stop working due warm 🥵 up. Can it will be recovered?

SSDs last more than HDDs??? Come on... I have all my HDDs from the '90s (IDEs and SATAs)and they all work perfectly, minus the one dropped on the floor... I even have my first HDD from 1987 20MB HDD (MB not GB) from an Epson PC and it works.

I'm going to try your recommendation to leave my drive plugged in only into power to see if that can do some kind of repair to my ssd.
It wasn't even two months of use, then it stopped working.
I have a question though, so which is better to store data?
Sure ssd are new and great, but from what I'm seeing depending on the brand there's a high failure rate with some ssd's.
I have an old WD HDD drive that is still going strong. Are mechanical drives better for long term storage?

My SanDisk refuse to do this

I have a SATA drive, and suddenly my Windows crashed. When I entered the BIOS to check if it was detected, I found that it was visible. However, when I attempted to format or delete the partition, it failed. I also tried using the CMD method, but it wouldn't format. So, I decided to take it to a service center. They connected the SSD to their laptop using a USB converter, but their laptop froze after inserting my SSD. They give it back to me. Is it possible to repair?

Nice one😊

Brother ! My SSD Backuped the HDD for the 1st time. . But fails after 17% from 2nd time onwards.. Drive is accessible . Can't figure out the problem.

Great ! Thanks for Sharing...

Question: Can i use it again after "fixing" it? It's the only ssd i currently have, I was planning to move OS to it but like 2 restart and frickin thing just died on me.

This worked for me perfectly. I plugged the drive into my phone charger and let it sit for a few hours (honestly for got about it). Afterwards plugged it into the computer and it worked perfectly. Was able to transfer all the important data to my internal drive. It was a WD Blue drive. Thanks alot!!

Well done! Thanks V.M

Where can i purchase that ssd power harness adapter. I only have the one that is joined to the data connector too. Thanks

Hey thanks man. My SSD was suddenly gone and just letting the PC run with no data cable fixed it up to be detected again and I could make an image to save my data and replace the drive.

I have a Sata SSD WD Blue 1 tb nano solid state drive lock with password have forget my password how can recovery it? Too resetting it I can use again can you help my ??

I am finding that San Disk & Samsung SSD's are really good & don't fail quickly. But, Western Digital Blue & especially HP Blue drives have failed for me consistently !!! They are consistent at failing & the warranty method of getting a replacement or refund is a joke, waste of more time after trying to revive the drives that stay dead. I will try this recovery method & hope to get some results, I have 5 SSD's to try it on. Side note is that my most recent August 2023, Office Max purchase of a San Disk 500 GB SSD was $29 out the door, on special. My first spinning drive I ever bought back in 1996 was a 800 mega byte drive = less than 1 gig, and cost $300.

Use Linux SW RAID (mdadm). I use two external drives over USB in a RAID1 (mirror) for archiving. Should any of the two drives fail, I remove failed drive from the RAID, buy another drive and add it to the RAID1, then sync data in the RAID.

Does this work for external HDD's as well?

I have recently bought a Silicon Power SSD drive a few months ago and it is already dead. Tried your trick by powering the SSD for about an hour or so; shutdown computer; attached the data cable to the SSD; and started the computer again getting into Win10. Win10 is showing the SSD as "Disk 1 Unknown - Not Initialized" so tried to initialize the dead SSD as MBR and received the following message "A device which does not exist was specified." Trying to initialize the SSD as GPT produce the same message. Any suggestion on what to do at this point?

it will not work if components inside are broken

is that really working ?

I have a NEW sata SSD (netac cr4p brand), it recognized it the first time to create the file system, but after putting it in an old Laptop it didn't recognize it anywhere else. It doesn't recognize it in disk management or bios. I believe it's just a type of filesystem crash. Would there be any software to try to recognize, reset and rebuild the file system?

Couldnt you just buy and external ssd case and plug it into a wall charger for the NVMe or M.2 SSD?

nice thx!

Can I make a Refragged SSD work as new again? Heard that was impossible.Would unplug the Data cable work?

could this fix (satafirm s11 kingstone 240 drive failure) ?

What about using a USB to SATA adapter, or would the interface chip stop the drive trying to fix itself because it thinks there's a data connection? Would that work? I'm the drive could be powered from a phone charger instead of a PC and quietly left to try and sort itself out. If the USB to SATA adapter works then would a USB power monitor give an indication of activity within the drive and therefore a clue whether a repair attempt is completed or not?

Will the bios alert you to the scan status or just will you just reboot after 30-60 min?

This guy is so full of it,sounds like a robot and never gets to the point on how to repair,I use Gparted or Partition Magic in Linux and have no problem making an old ssd read again like i just bought it used it,then repaired it over and over again,the ssd is 100% and I have used it for ever...from what he has in front of him looks like he doesn't even know what he is talking about and sounds drunk......lmao!

very good heads up regarding data -thankyou

hi i got i brand new ssd if i copy files it stop and freez

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Not sure how I can separate power cable from data cable in my external 2.5-inch SATA enclosures, as they are in a single row. Or inside my laptop's HDD/SSD drive slot. Maybe these instructions of yours are only for desktops in which you can access data and power cables independent of each other? No clue what "Drive Manager" is, no clue what "UFI" is, nor is it explained here. So, this how-to-fix-it video clip here may be useful for some, not for others. Especially those who have zero data on their brand new, but older manufacture date SSDs. Not sure of the SSD drive racket also applies to NVMe M.2 chewing gum stick drives or only to SATA M.2 drives? All my non-identifiable drives are 2.5-inch SATA drives (SSD and SSD+HDD hybrids). Based on this video, only fools would go with SSD drives. "Fine one day, dead the next?" To hell with that.

This whole SSD and M.2 "solid state" racket is just that -- a racket. Six years ago, I purchased a few 2.5-inch SATA SSD drives and also a SEAGATE MOMENTUS X hybrid drive, also 2.5-inch SATA. Had all of these drives stored in their original packaging until now, when I was ready to finally use them to replace old HDDs in my 4 laptop PCs. Popped all of them into external enclosures, and none of them showed up as anything on My Computer. No way to see them, partition them, format them,. nothing. They were all as dead as doorknobs. Meanwhile, my 18 and even 20-year old SATA HDDs show up immediately and have all the data on them fine. From this point out, I will not as much as look at a stupid rip-off SSD or M.2 drive, not even a hybrid (SSD and HDD) drive. Only old school 7200 RPM SATA hard drives.

nice tips!!

Have you ever tried "baking" any?