Kingston SSD Died ?

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Mar 2016 at 17:54

Hi guys,

I think my Kingston SSD died in the night.

Computer restarted and said a bootmgr error on start up.

My motherboard is not recognizing the SSD now. it was my boot up drive. i have tried another HDD with the power cable and sata cable and tht works fine.

Any ideas ?

James

ED209 · 16 Mar 2016 at 19:44

does it work if you connect it as a slave drive on another computer?

check if there is any firmware updates for it if you manage to get it working.

I know a HDD works but for the sake of it try another sata cable and different port on the mobo, leave it powered down for a bit and see if this helps

MadMan-JaMeS · 16 Mar 2016 at 20:33

I did try another cable still nothing. I'll have to try connect. It as slave tomorrow.

MadMan-JaMeS · 18 Mar 2016 at 11:13

did not work as slave either.

Do SSD have a tendency to just die ?

I thought they was pretty safe ?

Borealis · 18 Mar 2016 at 11:35

SSDs can just die, just like any HDD can suddenly die. It's likely to be just an unlucky random failure.

Dave2150 · 19 Mar 2016 at 15:54

MadMan-JaMeS said:
did not work as slave either.

Do SSD have a tendency to just die ?

I thought they was pretty safe ?

They are safe. Any electrical component can fail at any time.

KIA · 19 Mar 2016 at 17:44

Nothing is safe. Always have a backup.

bledd · 21 Mar 2016 at 15:08

Replace it with a spare / buy a new one, then restore from your backup.

MadMan-JaMeS · 25 Mar 2016 at 18:08

My new motherboard does not even recognize the drive. Is there anyway i can get the info off this ?

APM · 25 Mar 2016 at 23:17

Leave it connected to power but not to data for 24 hours then try it again,I know that was a fix for Crucial a while ago,could apply to your drive too.

MadMan-JaMeS · 27 Mar 2016 at 19:54

Still nothing. I've e-mailed kingston support, hopefully they can either fix it or send me a replacement !

MadMan-JaMeS · 7 Apr 2016 at 17:54

Kingston recommended me a data recovery place in the us. Prices ranged from $700 upwards lol

Found one in the UK for like £200 just waiting to hear back. Then get a repacent from kingston.

Danny75 · 8 Apr 2016 at 00:51

Try hot-plugging, if your motherboard supports it (enable the correct SATA port as hot-pluggable). Could save you £200. I did it recently with an SSD that my mobo wouldn't read.

pingu666 · 8 Apr 2016 at 04:53

i think mechanicals tended towards worning signs and broke but still some function, while ssd's tend towards work or just total failure

also deleted stuff really seems to be gone with ssds, but mechanical youve got a chance to get stuff back

TheMadDutchDude · 8 Apr 2016 at 05:50

It's typically the controller that fails miles before the NAND. Unfortunately, there's no way to stop that from happening.

Is the data worth £200 to you for recovery?

MadMan-JaMeS · 8 Apr 2016 at 10:25

Got a quote back, £575 inc VAT.

Told them to return the drive lol. I'll just get a replacement. I only rly wanted the pictures but i think most are on facebook anyway.

bledd · 8 Apr 2016 at 10:59

Lesson learned.. = backup.

bledd · 8 Apr 2016 at 11:05

http://www.macrium.com/Download.aspx?type=home
^for full system images.

Code:

robocopy /e "c:\source folder" "x:\backup\destination folder"

^Save that as 'backup script.bat', then run the bat file by double clicking on it.

First time it runs, it will copy all files/folders, each time after that, it will only copy new/updated files/folders.