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My SSD drive is broken
2 years ago
No signs of trouble... 🖴
Last summer, I built myself a new computer. The result is a fairly powerful system for me, given that I practically do not play games.
I got an interesting experience, since I hadn’t done anything like this before, except that I changed thermal paste and drives in an old laptop.
For about 10 months, I used the new PC without any problems.
But a few days ago, just a couple of minutes after starting, the computer crashed and an error appeared with a blue screen and various artifacts.
Since in the past, a blue screen on an old laptop usually did not carry any consequences, I did not attach any importance to this and rebooted the PC using the power button.
The reboot was followed by a message: Reboot and Select proper Boot device...
After restarting the PC again and entering the BIOS, I found that any drives were not listed. First, I tried restarting the PC a few more times (usually this solves all problems). But the operating system did not start, and the drive was still missing from the BIOS.
Resetting the BIOS settings did not work (I even removed the motherboard battery)
I ended up removing the heatsink from my M.2 SSD and saw that the thermal pad on the heatsink was wet where the drive was attached, and it was also wet. I believe this is a sign of the drive overheating and melting of the thermal pad (although during system tests the temperature did not rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the drive's built-in sensor.
Over the next few days, I tried all the ways to restore the drive that I found, but this did not work.
Tried changing BIOS settings. Experimented with drive power cycles. Relocated the drive to an old laptop. And even tried to run it using the M.2-USB adapter. I also checked the M.2 connectors on the motherboard using another working drive that I borrowed from a friend for testing. His system started successfully on my PC.
As a result. M.2 SSD NMVe 1Tb - totally broken with all graphic projects. And what is most offensive, I lost 90+ pages of text and illustrations of the project with the lore of the universe that I was developing. Very disappointing! 😭
And yes, I talked to the manufacturer of the SSD, they can only provide me with a replacement, but not a file recovery. That is, I was offered to send my SSD with all the information in exchange to get the same new one. For obvious reasons, I will not send a system disk with an operating system and personal data in exchange for a dummy. Perhaps one day I will find a specialist who can help me personally.
So for now, I'll be sad for a while. ☹️
I found several replacement options for my broken drive, but at the moment it's too expensive for me due to domestic difficulties. So we have to redistribute the budget to other vital things.
Last summer, I built myself a new computer. The result is a fairly powerful system for me, given that I practically do not play games.
I got an interesting experience, since I hadn’t done anything like this before, except that I changed thermal paste and drives in an old laptop.
For about 10 months, I used the new PC without any problems.
But a few days ago, just a couple of minutes after starting, the computer crashed and an error appeared with a blue screen and various artifacts.
Since in the past, a blue screen on an old laptop usually did not carry any consequences, I did not attach any importance to this and rebooted the PC using the power button.
The reboot was followed by a message: Reboot and Select proper Boot device...
After restarting the PC again and entering the BIOS, I found that any drives were not listed. First, I tried restarting the PC a few more times (usually this solves all problems). But the operating system did not start, and the drive was still missing from the BIOS.
Resetting the BIOS settings did not work (I even removed the motherboard battery)
I ended up removing the heatsink from my M.2 SSD and saw that the thermal pad on the heatsink was wet where the drive was attached, and it was also wet. I believe this is a sign of the drive overheating and melting of the thermal pad (although during system tests the temperature did not rise above 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit), according to the drive's built-in sensor.
Over the next few days, I tried all the ways to restore the drive that I found, but this did not work.
Tried changing BIOS settings. Experimented with drive power cycles. Relocated the drive to an old laptop. And even tried to run it using the M.2-USB adapter. I also checked the M.2 connectors on the motherboard using another working drive that I borrowed from a friend for testing. His system started successfully on my PC.
As a result. M.2 SSD NMVe 1Tb - totally broken with all graphic projects. And what is most offensive, I lost 90+ pages of text and illustrations of the project with the lore of the universe that I was developing. Very disappointing! 😭
And yes, I talked to the manufacturer of the SSD, they can only provide me with a replacement, but not a file recovery. That is, I was offered to send my SSD with all the information in exchange to get the same new one. For obvious reasons, I will not send a system disk with an operating system and personal data in exchange for a dummy. Perhaps one day I will find a specialist who can help me personally.
So for now, I'll be sad for a while. ☹️
I found several replacement options for my broken drive, but at the moment it's too expensive for me due to domestic difficulties. So we have to redistribute the budget to other vital things.
I will not refuse if you want to help me, it will help me get back on track and start releasing content.
You can support me with a couple of dollars here: ➡️ Boosty 
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Besides. Literally a week before that, I checked the vital signs of the drive in "Crystal Disk Info" and everything was in order there. Once upon a time, my HDD drive failed after ~5 years of operation. But I managed to partially revive it and save the data. But with M.2-SSD, it seems that things are not so simple. Many on the Internet write that it is almost impossible.
I will keep it in mind if there is a venue to help in some way as a fellow artist and a new-found fan of your work. For now try to keep your chin up, and concider the above mentioned cloud saving stuff.