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I have been using a Corsair Force 3 (120GB) SSD since last 1.5 years. Yesterday, the laptop freezed suddenly and I had to hard reset it. Then it refused to boot as if no HDD was installed. This has happened earlier a couple of times. Usually, after a restart it used to work like normal but yesterday even after a few restarts the BIOS won't detect the HDD. I connected it to a different computer using USB to SATA converter and it still won't get detected.

From what it seems, the controller has gone kaput but there are chances that the data is still intact. I just need to confirm if what I am thinking is right. Also, is there any way I can purchase an exactly similar SSD and swap the controller / memory chips ? I know this would require some BGA level soldering but I can give that a try.

Madhur
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With SSDs its highly unlikely that you'd be able to get and data back unless it decides to be recognised again. I would try hot plugging it to a Linux computer watching the output of syslog (or wherever kernel measages go to on your machine)

Replacing the controller will not work, as it contains memory of how the data is mapped onto the NAND flash.

As a last resort I'd recommend putting the drive in cold and dry environment for a little bit. As weird as it sounds electronics work better at lower temperatures. take care to minimise condensation however.

When you do connect it back up, start copying data as fast as possible, with dd preferably.

If the data is truely important, you should consider data recovery company

Yarek T
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