See attached images - can anyone confirm a laptop model that will connect this drive? Or any other data recovery service that might be able to help, if not? Thanks!
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Pulling data from iMac blade SSD, is it compatible with other computers?
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OK so man... chatgpt to the rescue. Uploaded a picture and it told me it was a 12+16 connector and that you can buy an adapter on Amazon, so off I go!
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OP:
The blade SSD out of an iMac...
Was this the SSD portion of a fusion drive?
Or... was it a "standalone" SSD (NO fusion drive)?
Could you give us some background on what went wrong with the iMac?
REASON WHY I'm asking:
If it was the SSD portion of a (failed) fusion drive, the data on it may be un-recoverable without "the rest of" the fusion drive.
If it was a standalone SSD, you might be able to get data from it.
Be aware that data recovery companies can be VERY expensive.
Perhaps even moreso if it was part of a fusion drive.
We're talking up into the thousands of dollars.
Is the data on the drive really, REALLY worth that much to you?
The blade SSD out of an iMac...
Was this the SSD portion of a fusion drive?
Or... was it a "standalone" SSD (NO fusion drive)?
Could you give us some background on what went wrong with the iMac?
REASON WHY I'm asking:
If it was the SSD portion of a (failed) fusion drive, the data on it may be un-recoverable without "the rest of" the fusion drive.
If it was a standalone SSD, you might be able to get data from it.
Be aware that data recovery companies can be VERY expensive.
Perhaps even moreso if it was part of a fusion drive.
We're talking up into the thousands of dollars.
Is the data on the drive really, REALLY worth that much to you?
Take another look at the iMac that you have removed the SSD in the picture. Are you sure there is not a standard SATA HDD? It would probably be near the logic board (and not located on the logic board, like the SSD. (Fusion drive is two devices - one SATA HDD (not a blade, but normal, spinning platter Hard drive), and the second device is the one that you show in the picture, a blade-type storage. It's not just one device, but a software configuration of two different devices.
Just suggesting this, as it sounds like you want to try to retrieve data, and if you miss the second drive, you may be missing a chance for reccovery, if that's what you want to do.
Just suggesting this, as it sounds like you want to try to retrieve data, and if you miss the second drive, you may be missing a chance for reccovery, if that's what you want to do.
Unlikely for a 1TB SSD.
Web search for the model number MZ-KPV1T00/0A4 suggests this is from a 2013-2015 iMac or MBP. Here is someone selling them https://beetstech.com/product/solid-state-drive-1tb-655-1860. There are lots of others.
Physically it appears to have a standard connector, but all the sellers describe it as for a MBP. And ifixit says that for a 2015 MBP "This MacBook Pro uses a proprietary storage drive connector, and is therefore not compatible with common M.2 drives without the use of an adapter." So I don't think you will get far with a standard SSD enclosure.
I suggest you try a 2013 to 2015 MBP. Of course, you will need to remove the existing SSD from the MBP so that you can put this one in. So it might be best to configure the MBP to boot from an external SSD before inserting the one you have.
The ifixit guide may be useful https://www.ifixit.com/Guide/MacBook+Pro+15-Inch+Retina+Display+Mid+2015+SSD+Replacement/48251
Caveat: The above is all from web searches and not from practical experience.
I've taken apart 100 iMacs. This is my profession (and yes despite that, I have never once opened an iMac with only an SSD blade, I was just as surprised when I found no HDD in the computer). This iMac has no HDD, only this blade. I've received the drive reader and it cannot read the drive either, so I am sending it off for recovery. Fingers crossed!
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Yes, the failure with the SSD enclosure is expected. But, hopefully your recovery team have a suitable MBP for this sort of eventuality. Or they know another way.
The hope was that the problem source was the old iMac, but nope. Given the failure of the drive in both places, no sense in trying a third, so it's going off to data recovery pros.
