Comments on: Fix your dead SSD with the power cycle method

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:16:24 +0000

By the way David, thank you for the post, it has been most helpful, really appreciate it.
Joseph.

By: Joseph

Joseph — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 14:14:27 +0000

Wow, this is awesome, tried just about everything else then came across this post.
It worked for me as well, BIOS now detect my M550 with a BUT.

My intel D915GAG mainboard shows error 109, the SATA settings for this drive is set to auto BUT shows up as 0MB even thought the mSATA device is a Micron M550 64GB.

Would you by any chance a have a suggestion on a remedy, as I cannot get to my boot disk to try and begin the rest of the repair process.

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:26:33 +0000

In reply to Matt. There is no harm in trying longer or a larger number of cycles. Good luck.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 06 Apr 2019 14:43:09 +0000

I am trying to revive a SP S55 ssd. It stopped working when my battery backup went bad causing abrupt power cycles. I have tried this method before a few months ago without success. I will try again. Is there any problem running longer power cycles? Could more cycles make a difference?

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 03:08:10 +0000

In reply to Chris Suggett. Chris, your drive sounds like a good candidate for this recovery. The key is making sure the data cable isn't connected, if at all possible. You might try borrowing an ATX power supply if you don't have one. Failing that, perhaps your drive's manufacturer has an idea. The trick works more often than not but sometimes requires some tinkering, and, unfortunately, sometimes it doesn't work.

By: Chris Suggett

Chris Suggett — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 00:36:50 +0000

i keep power cycling for 30 mins over and over but it won’t come back. i tried different power connectors and a USB adapter to my laptop but no dice.my ssd was open in Windows for a bit when it went to BSOD. Before that this all started with a power outage. Am I screwed?

By: Vinay

Vinay — Mon, 04 Feb 2019 05:26:46 +0000

Its unbelievable, but it worked and that too after just one 30 minute power on and reboot. Mine was a MacbookAir. Thanks a ton David!!

By: Burak

Burak — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 21:34:21 +0000

Didn’t work for me sadly, tried both methods, plugging only the power cable and the method for m.2, respectively. Still appreciate the effort, I will try it on another PC when I will have more spare time.

By: Ishwor

Ishwor — Thu, 27 Dec 2018 05:27:04 +0000

My SSD died within 13 month of laptop life. Since it is m.2 interface i used the alternative method. But unfortunately didn’t work for me.
I will try again tomorrow.

By: Dave Farquhar

Dave Farquhar — Sat, 22 Dec 2018 14:32:12 +0000

In reply to Dan. It's worth a try, but I wouldn't expect it to work in all machines.