Hello everyone,
My laptop got damaged and now I need to try and save my data from the SSD that might be physically damaged. I took it to a repair shop and they quoted 3,000$ for the extraction!
I desperately need the data but can’t afford that price. Does anyone have an idea or recommendation where it can be done for less?
Thank you so much in advance.
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I recovered 512gb nvme ssd last month. price increase when device capacity is bigger
I read a post that it cost 20man in Tokyo, So I sent it to Vietnam, cost nearly 300$ for recovery (shipment fee not include).
Get data on google driver. It took 1.5 week for process (recovery only take 1day).
If you don’t have other way to do, you can send me your ssd and I will send it to vietnam with 100$ as fee.
Of course, I do not guarantee a successful restore.And in the worst case, the goods will be lost or damaged in transit.If it cannot be recovered, I will send it back to you. Of course, recovery fee is 0. but shipment fee and 100$ still remain.
Like I said, If you have no other way to solve it. Because you cannot believe others easily. Right
depending on the drive, the size, and how new it is. 300,000円 might be quite reasonable for Japan. How important is the data and how “physically” damaged is the drive? It’s not cracked in half or anything right? The chances of recovery also reduce significantly if you had full-disk encryption enabled.
If the drive is still intact and readable in a nvme/sata/whatever interface it is enclosure and can be block copied 100%, then the recovery is quite simple.
i would ask what type of damage it is
is it bent or water damaged?
i would recommend you open up your computer(if its not seriously destroyed) and see if its damaged. If its intact and no water damage or burnt components found, try to connect it to another computer.
If it isn’t readable through normal means, they basically have to dismantle it and desolder the memory chips from the PCB, buy a new identical drive, desolder those memory chips and solder the your ones on. That is probably a fair price for that work to be honest.
Keep backups next time, backup drives are much cheaper than recovery that might not work anyway.
Sorry to hear about your dilemma.
In regads to data recovery: logical error would cost you equivalent of a few hundred. Physically broken and tge price will increase tenfold, as the person will have to start troubleshooting individual chips, desolder individual components and hope they can get compatable components from somewhere. Recovering data from a physically broken drive is a mammoth undertaking and is charged accordingly.
Good luck. I’ll spare you the lecture about backups.
Just recover your data from a recent backup and toss the SSD.
I used to do this for cheap in college, maybe I can help. If you DM me I can ask for some more specific information