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synp11-Feb-15 3:11
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jmussetter12-Feb-15 15:26
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If it's an SSD, good luck. This is one of the main reasons I haven't moved to SSD drives yet, and if/when I do, they will only be for OS and program loading, and not for data storage.

The problem is the way NAND memory works and the fact that the data doesn't stay permanently there if the drive has issues. I'm not sure if tools have improved much, but the last I've read (a couple years ago when the drives were getting popular), there wasn't a fool proof way to rebuild the file system when it get's corrupted. The data stored on a SSD isn't segmented into partitions and sectors like a normal drive, so when things get corrupted, the data is randomly stored all over the place without a way to rebuild the links (if it's there at all).

With a normal platter based drive, I've had good luck with mounting in another computer to pull data off, or using a Linux boot CD to boot to linux and mount the drive to perform data recovery. I don't think either of these methods will work for a SSD.
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