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Help! Can I recover data from my dead laptop SSD?
Put off the SSD from the dead laptop and use data recovery software to retrieve deleted files from the computer. Here is a simple guide for doing this on any Windows PC: https://www.uumeo.com/recover-data-from-a-corrupted-hard-drive-on-windows
Put off the SSD from the dead laptop and use data recovery software to retrieve deleted files from the computer. Here is a simple guide for doing this on any Windows PC: https://www.uumeo.com/recover-data-from-a-corrupted-hard-drive-on-windows
Sometimes, Linux can help you if Windows can't recognize the hard drive. You can use Linux (such as Ubuntu) to mount the hard drive and see if you can access the lost files. Linux is more compatible with hard drives than Windows, so this method may help you recover data from a dead laptop.
I tried to recover data from a dead laptop using Linux, but it didn't work. Even after booting up from Ubuntu and trying to mount the hard drive, the drive was still inaccessible and the data was not recovered. It seems like the hard drive failure may be more serious than I thought, and it may be a hardware problem, and Linux can't get around that.
Have you tried using command line tools or Windows' Disk Management tools to see if you can recover some data?
