intel Optane issues

[qbazdz]

Hi,

I've been having some hard time with my old m.2 SSD in a laptop and I'm mainly looking to recover data from it.
However, I've got some weird behaviour I can't quite explain myself so hope someone can help.

1. Currently have a boot issue with the 'critical process died' BSOD and all other sorts suggesting drive is on a way out.
2. Its recognised ok in the laptop (as per 1) and can be seen with Paragon disk manager booted from USB Win PE stick.
3. When I plug the drive to my Z790 mobo, this doesn't get recognised at all in any of the m.2 slots. Cannot see it with Paragon or Intel Optane Storage Tool.

As I say, its an older drive, to the point it has 2 notches in the end, rather than 1 as most of the modern NVMEs I've seen so perhaps this would explain lack of compatibility with Z790?

Wither way, I need to be able to copy data off that drive to another one and I was hoping to do it by other means rather than with a dreadful slow speeds of USB (even 3.0).

Any suggestions how to best go about it?

Btw. drive is the INTEL SSDSCKGF256A5 from an older Dell Latitude E7270.

 

[Mcnumpty2323]

It's a sata m2 drive
Not nvme
You need to look at the z790 motherboard manual
And see if one of the m2 slots
Has sata support
Might be only one has it
But you're plugging it into a slot with only
Nvme support probably
Which would be why it doesn't show up

 

[qbazdz]

It's a sata m2 drive
Not nvme
You need to look at the z790 motherboard manual
And see if one of the m2 slots
Has sata support
Might be only one has it
But you're plugging it into a slot with only
Nvme support probably
Which would be why it doesn't show up

Yes! Thanks and I figured this one out before seeing the reply.
Turns out not all ne m.2 slots work with old SATA m.2 drives, luckily had one on my mobo.
Now just left with recovering all the data I need.