SSD stopped working?
Professional SSD diagnosis, component-level repair and data recovery for SATA, M.2 and NVMe drives that are not detected, showing 0GB, disconnecting, overheating, completely dead or suffering from controller, NAND or firmware failure.
SSD
Recovery
Controller • NAND • Firmware
What is your SSD doing?
Unlike mechanical hard drives, SSDs can fail without warning. A completely dead SSD doesn’t necessarily mean the NAND flash containing your data has been destroyed.
SSD not detected
The SSD doesn’t appear in BIOS, Windows, macOS or Disk Management despite being properly connected.
SSD shows 0GB
The drive is recognized but reports zero or incorrect capacity, which may indicate controller, firmware or translation-layer failure.
Completely dead SSD
No detection or response from the drive. Power circuitry, controller or another board-level component may have failed.
SSD keeps disconnecting
The drive repeatedly disappears during access or file transfers, often indicating an unstable controller, degraded NAND or electrical problem.
SSD is extremely slow
Severe performance degradation, freezing or read errors may indicate NAND degradation, firmware problems or a failing controller.
SSD overheating
Excessive heat may indicate controller instability, electrical faults or damaged components on the SSD PCB.
We diagnose what actually failed.
SSD recovery requires a different approach from mechanical hard drives. The controller, firmware, translation tables, NAND flash and power circuitry all play a role in making your stored data accessible.
Controller Failure
Diagnosis of SSD controller faults causing complete drive failure, unstable detection, freezing or loss of access to the NAND flash.
NAND Flash Faults
Diagnosis of degraded or failing NAND flash memory, including drives suffering from excessive bad blocks, read errors and flash wear.
SSD Firmware Repair
Firmware-level diagnosis for drives that remain busy, freeze during initialization, report incorrect capacity or fail to properly expose stored data.
Power Circuit Repair
Component-level diagnosis of short circuits, damaged voltage regulators, capacitors and other power-delivery faults preventing the SSD from starting.
Connector & PCB Damage
Repair of physically damaged SATA connectors, M.2 contacts and board-level faults caused by impact, electrical damage or improper installation.
Data Extraction
Once the SSD has been stabilized, readable data is extracted to separate storage rather than continuing to work directly from the failing original drive.
SATA, M.2 and NVMe SSD recovery.
We diagnose solid-state storage across common consumer and professional form factors.
SATA SSD
Standard 2.5-inch SATA solid-state drives commonly installed in laptops, desktop PCs and external enclosures.
M.2 SSD
Compact M.2 solid-state drives using SATA or PCIe interfaces in laptops, desktops and compact systems.
NVMe SSD
High-speed PCIe NVMe storage requiring specialized diagnosis for controller, firmware, thermal and NAND-related faults.
Don’t experiment with an SSD that contains important data.
Don’t repeatedly power-cycle an unstable SSD hoping that it will eventually become accessible.
Don’t initialize, format or repartition an SSD when Windows asks you to prepare the disk.
Don’t run CHKDSK or repair utilities against a failing SSD containing irreplaceable files.
Don’t attempt component swaps without understanding the controller, NAND configuration and drive-specific firmware.
Stop using the SSD if important files remain accessible only intermittently. Continuing to write data can make recovery more difficult.
Diagnose. Stabilize. Extract. Verify.
The objective isn’t simply to make the SSD appear operational again. The priority is obtaining a stable path to your data while minimizing unnecessary writes and further degradation.
Diagnose
Determine whether the failure involves power circuitry, controller, firmware, NAND flash or another component.
Stabilize
Repair or work around the fault to establish stable access to the SSD’s stored data.
Extract
Read recoverable data from the failing device onto separate healthy storage.
Verify
Review the recovered file structure and verify targeted files before completing the recovery.
You pay for recovery — not unsuccessful experiments.
Repair work required to access your SSD is part of the recovery process. If we cannot recover your targeted files under our No Data, No Fee policy, you pay nothing.
Questions about failed SSDs.
Can data be recovered from a completely dead SSD?
Potentially. A completely dead SSD may have failed power circuitry, a damaged controller, firmware problems or other board-level faults while the NAND containing the data remains intact. The drive needs to be diagnosed before recoverability can be determined.
Can you recover data from an NVMe SSD?
NVMe drives can be diagnosed for controller, firmware, electrical and NAND-related failures. Recovery options depend heavily on the SSD model, controller architecture, encryption and the nature of the failure.
Why does my SSD show 0GB?
An SSD reporting zero capacity can indicate controller initialization problems, firmware corruption or failure of the flash translation layer responsible for mapping logical addresses to physical NAND locations.
Can you repair an SSD and make it usable again?
Our repair work is primarily performed to regain stable access for data recovery. An SSD that has suffered a serious controller, NAND or electrical failure should generally not be trusted as primary storage afterward.
Can deleted files be recovered from an SSD?
SSD deletion is different from HDD deletion because operating systems and SSDs may use TRIM. Once TRIM and internal garbage collection have erased the underlying NAND pages, deleted data may no longer be recoverable. The outcome depends on the specific SSD and what happened after deletion.
Should I keep trying recovery software?
If the SSD is healthy and the problem is purely logical, software may be appropriate. If the SSD disconnects, freezes, overheats, disappears or produces read errors, repeated scans can place additional stress on an already unstable device.
Do you support laptop and desktop SSDs?
Yes. We diagnose common SATA, M.2 and NVMe SSDs used in laptops, desktop computers, workstations and external storage devices.
SSD not detected? Don’t format it.
Tell us the SSD model, what happened before it failed and what your computer currently shows. We’ll help you determine the next step.