I have a 2.5" 960GB Sandisk Ultra II SSD mounted inside an external enclosure. It recently died on me. MacOS won't recognize it when plugged in. I tried 2-3 different machines and no luck. It was acting funny the day before it died meaning some files were missing and taking forever to access. Is there any hope in fixing this or is it dead for good? Just wanted to see before I smash it and chuck it in the trash. Thanks
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Dead SSD - any way to repair?
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"I recovered data using Diskwarrior. It is a bit pricy."
Was that recovery on a platter-based hard drive, or was it on an SSD?
I've had at least one Sandisk SSD just "go dark" on me.
Plug it in and... nothing.
Just... gone.
OP:
If your drive is acting the same -- just "dark" -- my advice is to forget it.
Try it in a different enclosure, but if it still behaves the same...
Toss the drive into the trash, or send it back for replacement.
I doubt even a data recovery firm can "get the data back".
And if you find one that can, it's going to cost you many, many dollars.
Was that recovery on a platter-based hard drive, or was it on an SSD?
I've had at least one Sandisk SSD just "go dark" on me.
Plug it in and... nothing.
Just... gone.
OP:
If your drive is acting the same -- just "dark" -- my advice is to forget it.
Try it in a different enclosure, but if it still behaves the same...
Toss the drive into the trash, or send it back for replacement.
I doubt even a data recovery firm can "get the data back".
And if you find one that can, it's going to cost you many, many dollars.
