hard drive data recovery experts!

[JonnyK]

Hi Guys,

a few months ago my old laptop died due to a graphics card failiure that was built into the motherboard, so I had to get a new laptop.

Is there any way I can salvage the data from my old hard drive? the problem being that the ssd hard drive is built into the motherboard.

 

[Darren S]

Definitely part of the mobo itself? That sounds like a very bad design - just for this type of scenario.

What make and model is it?

 

[HarvB]

Doubt it's part of the mobo, sure it's not just an add-in? Very often they'll be mSATA/M2 PCIe etc. What model was it?

If it is built in, and you really can't get anything on screen at all you'd be stuck tbh, unless you managed to find an automated, bootable system to copy the files out, but that'd be a pain.

 

[SharkyUK]

Is it a caching SSD that used ExpressCache and another hard drive as the main unit?

 

[R3k1355]

Definitely part of the mobo itself? That sounds like a very bad design - just for this type of scenario.

What make and model is it?

Some of the real cheap webtop things have a built in SSD, my mum got one (against better advice) and it's a total pain in the arse.

 

[HarvB]

Ah, a lovely netbook! I thought they were all dead by now...

Sadly I suspect you're scuppered, unless, as above, you manage to find a bootable, scriptable program that can just image the drive across to removable storage.

 

[Goodj]

The SSD must have a set of ports on it, somewhere, even if they're non-standard
If it can come off the board, there's got to be a method to get an IDE lead into it.....no?

 

[charltjr]

Depends, like Darren S said would really need to know the make and model to give accurate advice.

 

[HarvB]

The SSD must have a set of ports on it, somewhere, even if they're non-standard
If it can come off the board, there's got to be a method to get an IDE lead into it.....no?

Not necessarily - a flash ROM used in place of an SSD doesn't have to conform to any form factor if it's used as SoC, just be able to be addressed through the motherboard through the usual protocol.

 

[Goodj]

Not necessarily - a flash ROM used in place of an SSD doesn't have to conform to any form factor if it's used as SoC, just be able to be addressed through the motherboard through the usual protocol.

Bugger. I thought I must have missed something.

 

[boultonn]

Hopefully the OP just missed the sata ribbon and it's a regular SSD haha