HARD BUT NOT IMPOSSIBLE: HOW TO RECOVER DATA FROM DEAD SSD

SSD or Solid State Drive is popular because it is less prone to damage and has more life span than mechanical hard drives and overall its speed. But one of the major problems of SSD is that it is hard to detect its failure and in case of data delete the standard data recovery tools don’t work. So here we will talk about some methods that will help you retrieve your deleted data from an SSD.

Causes of Data Loss from SSD

Before we discuss the solutions we should be aware of the problems or causes of deleting data from an SSD. The common causes are as following:

Human error is when someone deleted the entire data stored in SSD mistakenly.
Hard drive bad sector.
Virus attack.
Physical damage occurred in the SSD.
Unexpected formatting or RAW error in the hard drive.
Natural disaster.

Prevention

As it is said ‘precaution is better than cure ’, we should take some safety measures to prevent data loss from the SSD. They are:

Back up data on a separate drive at the time of importing.
Scan your device at regular intervals.
Avoid physical damage to the SSD.
Avoid unexpected system shutdown.

How to Recover Deleted Data from SSD?

As we have already learned that it is hard to recover data from dead ssd, but it is not impossible. The best option to retrieve lost data from SSD is SSD Hard Drive Data Recovery Tool. There is quite a lot of data recovery software are there. They are effective data recovery software that specialized in HDD/SSD recovery, format recovery, raw and partition recovery. Choose one of them that matches your operating system and that has better reviews.

How does the SSD Hard Drive Data Recovery Tool work?

Download and install appropriate data recovery tool using the affected SSD drive. Don’t worry it will not overwrite your data. However, you can use an external USB drive for the download.
Click on the Search button to scan the SSD for deleted files and folders. It will take a long time to complete the procedure.
However, you can pause the scans and filter the same to focus on the type of files you want to recover.
Select the files you want to retrieve and specify a safe location to store the same.

Some Other Recovery Options

Formatting the drive and re-downloading the operating system.
Power cycling the SSD.
Update the SSD firmware.
Update the drivers

Concluding Lines

The SSD Hard Data Recovery is harder and far different than that of a mechanical hard drive. If TRIM is enabled, it will not possible to retrieve the data using data recovery software. However if TRIM is disabled, data retrieving is possible. If the above-mentioned methods do not help you, you have no other way than to contact a professional who will give you a better solution.