Cloning from a dead SSD

[DG House]

hey folks,

my SSD died reasonly and its in read only mode, can i clone it without trouble ?

if yes, which clone program is recommended (NVME too SATA)

[Electronics Wizardy]

DD on linux does this pretty well in my experience, I'd run it from a live USB.

[kokosnh]

First question, do you have backup of your files on that SSD, if not 
I would also suggest doing file copy, as usually, when SSD go to read only mode, it's the NAND that FAILED, so some data may be inaccessible.

Ps. I would also suggest not restarting your PC, if not necessary, as I had one SSD in read only mode, that only worked one time when I plugged it in (I copied it all thankfully)

As read only mode, can also be an internal controller failure, or DRAM failure, etc. and can have limited life. 

[DG House]

4 minutes ago, kokosnh said:

First question, do you have backup of your files on that SSD, if not 

I didnt lose any important data, did a backup 3 weeks before.

I just try to get as many Data back before I RMA it

[Needfuldoer]

You're lucky it's in read-only mode. That's the least worst failure mode you could be stuck in!

 

1 hour ago, DG House said:

if yes, which clone program is recommended (NVME too SATA)

If any of your SSDs are from a big "name brand" like Samsung, check the manufacturer's website. They usually give away cloning tools, like a cut-down, branded version of Acronis. (The source drive doesn't have to be from that brand, you just have to have one of that brand's drives present in the machine.) 

 

Sysinternals Disk2VHD can also dump a physical drive to a disk image, as long as you have enough space.

[DG House]

7 minutes ago, Needfuldoer said:

If any of your SSDs are from a big "name brand" like Samsung, check the manufacturer's website. They usually give away cloning tools, like a cut-down, branded version of Acronis. (The source drive doesn't have to be from that brand, you just have to have one of that brand's drives present in the machine.) 

 

yep a Samsung

[Needfuldoer]

2 minutes ago, DG House said:

yep a Samsung

In that case, give Samsung Magician a try.

 

https://semiconductor.samsung.com/us/consumer-storage/support/tools/

[kokosnh]

But what for, the nand failed, from initial 64 or 100 (I don’t remember), he have 0 spare nand block left, and 9 read warnings, nand failed, nothing will revive it.

 

[Blue4130]

3 hours ago, kokosnh said:

But what for, the nand failed, from initial 64 or 100 (I don’t remember), he have 0 spare nand block left, and 9 read warnings, nand failed, nothing will revive it.

 

What for? To clone it. He isn't trying to revive it, he just wants a copy.

[kokosnh]

2 hours ago, Blue4130 said:

What for? To clone it.

But, you can't clone with Samsung magician,

you need Samsung Data Migration tool, and it won't work if the target isn't samsung…

so that’s why I asked what for, trying anything with it, like firmware updates etc is bad idea.

[Blue4130]

1 hour ago, kokosnh said:

But, you can't clone with Samsung magician,

you need Samsung Data Migration tool, and it won't work if the target isn't samsung…

so that’s why I asked what for, trying anything with it, like firmware updates etc is bad idea.

He doesn't mention what the target drive is, and data migration (is or was) part of magician software. I've used it myself. Works fine.