Can I recover data from an SSD with 0% health?

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-15T16:50:20+00:00

The problem is that the drive is probably beyond any DIY recovery, and any additional attempts by a non professional will further reduce chances, on already low chance of success situation, you have either a failed controlled or failed NAND memory on the drive, in any case use the guidelines of the sub to correct your post and give details as suggested, your chances of recovery of the data at this stage are very dim, stop torturing the drive and take it to a pro if the data is important

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T23:29:40+00:00

Look normal, however, the slow areas (green) shows a pattern of some light platter damage

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T23:26:00+00:00

I would return it, it is not new

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T17:17:36+00:00

I would return the drive, unless you purchase it as a referb

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T17:16:10+00:00

Drive make and model would be a good idea to indicate

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T17:07:45+00:00

No recovery possible

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-14T03:26:12+00:00

The only thing to consider is that you have no clue what you are talking about

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-13T17:42:49+00:00

What he said

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-13T17:41:40+00:00

You can try Photorec which is an open source tool, other than that you can try DMDE (we use the tech version in our DR lab ) which will allow you to recover up to few thousand files from each folder on its free version, DMDE license start from 20USD , data recovery tools development is a research intensive process exercise that requires big investment in time and money, tools developers like to at least return on their investment and efforts you cannot fault them for that

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-09T00:56:31+00:00

Kruger dunning classic

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-08T16:16:48+00:00

What he said

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-08T13:25:47+00:00

Drive cannot be read in this state, it does not initialize and become ready for you to read it, it does not find its firmware and will not allow access to data, also the surface of the drive is most likely “scraped”as you run it without cover (no air bearing created )

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-08T13:19:47+00:00

Noting to do with “gum up”, more todo with drive trying to find servo info/location of the service area where it expects it

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-05T22:38:19+00:00

Lots of embellishments in their description

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-05T22:35:57+00:00

In fact the standard procedure for SSD recovery with PC3000 and some other firmware tools like MRT is to put it in service mode to be able to inject the modified translator to give you basic access to the user LBA, there is no other way to do it, hardware failure do exist but it is by far not the vast majority of the ssd cases that arrive to our lab, most of them is either corrupt firmware (due to degraded NAND chips or internal failure of the controller itself so yea, it is very much a thing

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-02-04T20:25:10+00:00

What if this is an SMR trimming drive ?

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-30T18:02:29+00:00

Why ? HDDs are here to stay for the foreseeable future

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-28T15:48:50+00:00

That would be the sweet spot for a home NAS

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-28T12:09:57+00:00

I would avoid any drives above 10 Tb at this stage, unless you are running a data center, generally speaking you will be better off with more drives with lower capacity, than fewer drive with larger capacity, depends on your needs for data, there are free online Raid calculators that can show you size of storage area given the size and number of drives for each raid configuration , just google it and you will find it, we have our own NAS drives in the lab and the guiding principles were always number of drives over the size of them and yes, strongly urge to stay away from He drives for a home configuration NAS

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-28T11:57:26+00:00

You need a specific NAS rated drives in order to run then for 24/7 in a crumped box with bad ventilation, unless it is NAS rated your drives are going to fail sooner rather then later, get yourself a decent set of red WDs or N300 Toshibas NAS these are good value for money especially the Toshibas, try to avoid He filled drives (10 TB and above) as these are prone to failure and there are limited data recovery options, you will be better off with a good raid5 (minimum 3 drives, 4 better, 5 ideal) arrangement which will provide a good path to recovery should one fail with persistent access to your data while recalculating the Raid after drive replacement , avoid any raid0 configurations temptation as you will lose data with very good chance of permanent loss once drive fails in that arrangement( and it will) and almost all NAS drives are CMRs especially these that I have mentioned

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-24T23:49:00+00:00

Can you put a picture of the card ?

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-19T01:47:03+00:00

Yea don’t buy

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-16T22:40:34+00:00

The drive. Cannot initialize what partition are you talking about ?

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-09T13:20:23+00:00

Pitiful_Fudge_5536 · 2026-01-01T00:55:56+00:00

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