Is it possible to recover data from an SSD?

Question

Solid State Drives

Such a situation, we bought several GoodRam CX400 SSDs for 512GB in the organization. They were installed on old PCs via SATA2, they worked well. And after a couple of months, employees turn on the computer, and just a black screen and nothing more. I check what BIOS shows, and there instead of the disk model SATAFIRM11. Has anyone encountered such a situation? And is there a chance for data recovery or should these disks be discarded?

Answer 1

Is it possible to recover data from an SSD?

Yes, but not on your own.
How SATAFIRM 11 displays SSDs based on the Phison PS311 controller. This is due to the fact that the firmware on the disk is corrupted.
It is also possible to repair such disks by launching Preformat (often with a decrease in volume), but this is both a rather unreasonable task in general (the drive will fail again), and it is contraindicated for you - during repair, the contents are lost forever.
It is possible to recover data from such an SSD, for this you need to load a loader that will load the disk in the technological mode. In it, you can create a "raw" memory image, which is a mess of data without translation. The translator in this case is built virtually and is used when reading.
For all this, you need to contact a specialist with equipment and experience. If you are in Moscow, we will be happy to help, I have contacts in my profile.
If not, and forwarding is not suitable, then choose a company that specializes in data recovery nearby.

Good Ram CX400

Separately, I will add that it is not worth putting off much. In such SSDs, memory is far from being of the highest quality. After one and a half to two months without normal use of the disk, the charge in its cells may begin to leak, after which all files will begin to become more and more covered with "holes". So the best option would be to deal with this issue in the coming weeks, maximum - a month.
- PS -
I didn't think to add this right away, but your SSD is already the third one on the Toaster with this problem in the last 10 days :-/

Answer 2

it’s unlikely to restore it yourself.
get data from backup

Answer 3

What kind of unique information was on the disks of working computers that cannot be collected from other sources (from colleagues, from the mail)?
1) Start backing up IMPORTANT data.
Find a suitable solution both at the level of IT systems, and also train users to store the IMPORTANT where it is backed up. Or reserve important things yourself.
2) Replace discs under warranty. Maybe for another model if the problem is massive