SSD & Flash Recovery
Solid-State Drives (SSDs) and flash media (like USB drives and SD cards) offer incredible speed but present unique challenges for data recovery. Unlike traditional hard drives, they have no moving parts. Failures are typically electronic and involve complex controller issues or memory chip degradation.
Common SSD & Flash Failures:
- Controller Failure: The controller chip manages data flow. If it fails, the drive becomes undetectable or inaccessible.
- Memory Chip Degradation: Flash memory cells have a finite number of write cycles. Over time, they can wear out, leading to data corruption.
- Firmware Corruption: The internal software (firmware) that runs the SSD can become corrupted, making the drive unusable.
- Electronic Damage: Power surges or component failure can render the drive dead.
Our Specialized Approach:
SSD recovery requires a deep understanding of how data is stored across multiple memory chips and managed by the controller. Our process is highly specialized:
- Advanced Diagnostics: We identify the specific failure mode, whether it's the controller, firmware, or memory chips.
- Chip-Off Recovery: In severe cases, we physically remove the NAND memory chips from the circuit board. We then use specialized readers to extract the raw data from each chip.
- Data Reconstruction: This is the most complex step. Our engineers use custom algorithms to reassemble the raw data, reverse-engineering the controller's data distribution and error correction (ECC) methods.
We support all types of SSDs (SATA, NVMe, M.2) and flash media. Trust our experts to navigate the complexities of flash-based storage to get your data back.