Need help saving data from an NVMe SSD

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I've got a laptop which is dead, faulty mobo probably.

Taken the SSD is out which is one of these NVMe ones. It's a Toshiba, model number kbg30zmv256g

I've bought two SSD enclosures now and neither work, could anyone suggest one that will work?
 
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Try a search for one of these:
FIDECO M.2 NVME External SSD Enclosure, PCIe USB 3.1, Gen 2 Adapter with 10Gbps Transfer Rate, USB C Hard Drive Caddy/Case for M-Key & M+B Key NVME SSD 2230/2242 / 2260/2280, Support UASP

I can't see in the specs whether it is an M-key or M+B Key drive, but I have a
WD Blue SN550 1TB High-Performance M.2 PCIe NVME SSD
in mine, so compare them spec-wise and see?

 

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Thanks for the reply. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to be looking at now as I've bought two SSD enclosures for it but neither work.

This is the drive...

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The second one I bought is this one... which sounds the same as the Fideco one?
LEMORELE M.2 NVMe SSD Enclosure USB C External PCIe B+M/M-Key SSD Caddy 10Gbp UASP USB 3.1 Gen 2 M2 Reader Aluminum Thunderbolt 3 Case Compatible with Intel 760P, Kingston A1000 Tool-Free
 
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It looks like it is a B+M drive (a cut out at both sides), which it does accept
Where I got it from have a good returns policy, and with it being less than £20, worth a punt?
 

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Yeah I suppose, it's just that the Lemorele is the same thing and that doesn't work? Or is this one different?

Unfortunately I don't have a computer with an M2 slot - my motherboard is very old!
 

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Just to double check as well that my Motherboard would support it... the tech specs for the PCIE slots..

  1. 2 x PCI Express x16 slots, running at x16 (PCIEX16_1/PCIEX16_2) (Note 2)
  2. 2 x PCI Express x16 slot, running at x8 (PCIEX8_1/PCIEX8_2) (Note 3) (The PCIEX16_1, PCIEX16_2, PCIEX8_1 and PCIEX8_2 slots conform to PCI Express 2.0 standard.)
  3. 2 x PCI Express x1 slots
  4. 1 x PCI slot
 
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Should be fine in one of the PCIe x16 slots.

Depending on how old the motherboard is*, it may try to boot from the NVME (in which case you would need to use the boot menu or bios to select your normal boot device)


* bootable NVME was socket 1150 onwards (4xxx intel cpus) I think
 
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