locked out of SSD

Evatron · 26 Jun 2021 at 16:23

i have been restoring my computer after a freak boot disk failure on the SSD. i am now running windows off a different drive and want to go salvage stuff off the SSD. i tried chkdsk with command prompt but i get the "access denied - do not have sufficient privileges" message. theres a LOT of important documents on there i need access to. in short,

HOW DO I FIX A RAW DRIVE WITHOUT LOSING EVERYTHING ON IT?

thanks.

VersionMonkey · 26 Jun 2021 at 17:50

Did you run the command prompt elevated? I.e choose Run as Administrator?

Evatron · 26 Jun 2021 at 19:52

good shout, says "the type of file system is RAW" and that chkdsk doesnt work for RAW?

Deleted member 77746 · 26 Jun 2021 at 20:16

SSD drives are a lot harder to recover data from. I'll be shocked if you get any back but still be worth a try.

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Evatron · 26 Jun 2021 at 20:23

thanks, wish me luck.

Evatron · 26 Jun 2021 at 20:36

nah no luck. thanks for the help anyway. im gonna go get drunk then reformat the SSD before i overthink what i just lost.

maj · 27 Jun 2021 at 20:54

Could try a Linux boot disc and see if that can read the hard drive in raw state.

Deleted member 77746 · 27 Jun 2021 at 20:55

linux might be the other option to try read the data

Danny75 · 28 Jun 2021 at 00:49

Boot from a different drive and then Hot Plug the dodgy drive once inside Windows. First look inside your motherboard BIOS to see if the SATA ports have Hot Plug option.

Evatron · 28 Jun 2021 at 07:20

not seeing anything about hot plug options... im no expert but that sounds kind of dangerous for the drives?

Danny75 · 28 Jun 2021 at 07:44

Should be in the SATA ports options in the BIOS. It's really not dangerous, just that you plug in power and then data to the drive while the PC is on AKA "hot" (after enabling Hot Plug for the SATA port you use). It then reads the drive like an external drive and can bypass any boot issues affecting it. Saved my dad's data when his drive failed and would neither boot as boot drive nor be readable as non-boot drive if plugged in before system was powered on.

If you'd rather make a Linux boot disc that was also a good suggestion. Just another option.