How to fix a 'dead' SSD for free | Reviving broken SSDs | No tools, no software, no money!

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Windows Update or other unforeseen events such as crashes can lead to data loss or corruption in some instances. If windows for example shows "this drive needs to be formatted to be usable" then this is one situation where a data recovery software could help.

How does a tool like this work? It scans raw data left on the drive and tries to aligh certain things that have been lost due to crashes like file locations or extensions that are missing or garbeled up. Which can easily happen with Windows Updates. This is also offered for MAC or Mobile devices. And even if thats not possible, then there is a dedicated service offered, where a drive can be sent in to be recovered!

In this video we will be showing you how to fix a broken SSD. At a chance of 50-60 Percent, its not guaranteed, but it may work and it doesnt cost you a penny. So why not?

00:00 Intro
01:00 Explanation why drives fail
02:00 How to fix a drive that is not detected
03:30 Initializing a not detected drive
04:20 does it work? Success rate?
04:50 M.2 drive fix
05:40 Rescuing "lost" data
06:15 checking you SSDs health
06:35 How long do ssds last?
08:00 Closing thoughts

[limitless-hardware]

Windows Update or other unforeseen events such as crashes can lead to data loss or corruption in some instances. If windows for example shows "this drive needs to be formatted to be usable" then this is one situation where a data recovery software could help.

[berndhofbauer]

YAY! another 2TB m.2 NVME rescued thanks to you. put it into an USB enclosure and left it on a usb-charger for about 15 minutes. thanks a lot

[ajlalas]

Thank you so much for posting this. I followed the steps and it worked for a supposedly "dead" M.2 SSD drive on a Dell laptop, after liquid had gotten into the case.
I added the SSD to an enclosure, plugged it into a charging cube and left it alone. It seemed warm to the touch at first, but eventually got cool again. I figured at that point the self-checking of the SSD was complete

[ok-jstp]

2:22 dude that jump scared me so hard i threw my ssd on the floor and broke it physically, i don't need this video no more

[ODT-]

Thanks a ton mate. I'm the kind of old geek trying things before to throw computer stuff in the bin. (Tried the oven method for a motherboard with an integrated GPU micro-weld issue and it worked once 10 years ago :) )
After hours of search on YT, about "how to fix SSD not recognized by bios" I land here and has to be said : it was the only video I found delivering something to try for this kind of issue. Other videos were only using the 'bios' in title for YT algo and providing things for SSD already seen in bios.

I had this issue on a PNY C400 240GB SSD, and doing it for 1 hour seems to make it back to life. Win10 was even able to boot on it.

You rocks, thanks a lot.

1 more suscriber and I will take a look on every of yours videos !

[dagwoodchat]

Helped a lot. I ordered 4 ssd from temu and all worked for about 30 minutes to an hour. I tried this and "recovered" 3 of them.. Thank you so much.

[ujual]

This is some really good advice. I was told my SSD was dead at the company service center. I followed your advice and i have everything up and running again. Thanks!

[harzil]

SSDs last more than HDDs??? Come on... I have all my HDDs from the '90s (IDEs and SATAs)and they all work perfectly, minus the one dropped on the floor... I even have my first HDD from 1987 20MB HDD (MB not GB) from an Epson PC and it works.

[varunpawar]

Thanks for giving me the motivation to give it another try !

Plugging the sata cable and then after sometime the data cable worked for me

The disk showed in disk management, then I just formated the disk and its working perfectly fine. Thanks again dude !

[ozricus]

I did this trick for my external SSD for my laptop and it worked. I just booted into the BIOS/UEFI for 30 mins, powered down for 30 mins, booted into the BIOS/UEFI for 30 mins and then again, 30 mins power off and voilà.

[SpiritusIgneus]

Thank you so much for posting this video! I thought my data was gone forever after my secondary SSD failed. I followed the steps, and while it didn't make the SSD actually work again, it did allow me to recover the data from the SSD.

[watchtowerv]

I am surprised that my SSD was not initialized. Your video helped me to get it working.

[osama_ben_biden]

Bought a brand new ssd on AliXpress. After downloading one file in it, the ssd got corrupted.
Not showing, not being detected, keep getting weird error message such as
"a device which does not exist was specified"
Couldn format it, couldnt delete the volume. Couldnt do anything

I did the BIOS trick for 1 full hour
And it worked, had to format the SSD

But it worked !!!

[originalbumbu]

I followed your advice, connected the faulty ssd to my surface pro, made sure it's in boot menu, left it connected for about 40 min, and voila! works flawlessly now! huge thanks! was about to dispose of it

[yaakovhabusha]

I had an SSD drive that went bad and the computer didn't recognize it. After watching this video, I am happy that the process was successful and now everything is fine!
Thank you so much for the video, it was very helpful !

[KimJongUnPutin]

Thank you so much for the great info.. my SSD working again...

[BANDIT]

YES YES YES! This worked perfectly for me on my Samsung 870 EVO. I thought I was out 170.00! But it is as good as new. However, I was not able to retrieve my data. No big deal whatsoever as I have backups of that anyway. Thank you so much!

[kellykeys]

Can you use a HDD/SSD dock without the USB cable attached for the same procedure instead of mounting inside a PC?

[Myself-yhrr]

What would surprise a lot of people is if they opened the drive and looked. The main board of a lot of SATA drives is surprisingly small. They just keep the 2.5 inch form factor probably for easier monting.

[Concreteblockmachineug]

I’m here because someone replaced hhd with ssd but it just lasted 2-3 months yet the former last 4 years