[RndTbl] Hard drive failure - turned out to be an SSD

Frank H alteahandle-muug at yahoo.ca
Thu Jun 28 22:29:15 CDT 2018


I couldn't send the video but yes it is an ssd. Very odd.Very odd

      From: Sean Cody <sean at tinfoilhat.ca>
 To: Frank H <alteahandle-muug at yahoo.ca>; Continuation of Round Table discussion <roundtable at muug.ca> 
 Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2018 11:12 PM
 Subject: Re: [RndTbl] Hard drive failure - turned out to be an SSD
   
That isn't an SSD.  SSD's don't have moving parts to make sound.
My guess that it is an SSHD (a regular hard drive with a small amount of solid state flash acting as a buffer/cache).

By that sound... it's hooped.  You could try the freeze trick but my luck with that is 1 in 10.

-- 
Sean



> On Jun 21, 2018, at 8:13 PM, Frank H <alteahandle-muug at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> When my friend game me his failed hd it is an SSD.
> 
> System sees it but can't open
> 
> See attached video for the sound it is making.
> 
> Hope 16GB isn't too big.
> 
> I know odds are low but just have to ask if anyone has any ideas.
> 
> Freezing SSDs is not a thing correct? Sure sounds like moving parts to me. Never troubleshot an SSD before.
> 
> Thanks,
> Frank
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