Is there more than one type of SSD hard drive reader?

[katz]

I've encountered my first SSD data recovery job. Lenovo Yoga 730. I need to purchase a reader. Is there more than one type of reader for these drives, or will they all connect the same?

EDIT: I guess I answered my own question, lol. This is a PCIe NVMe drive.

 

[Diggs]

You may want to review our discussion here where I'm very confused -

M.2 - I'm struggling to keep up.

Not only are there a dozen different versions of M.2 drives. I have a refurbished Dell where I ordered this 240 GB M.2 when it seems to need this? (The machine/BIOS doesn't even see the first one.) Really? Now even the same modules aren't interchangeable? Pffft! I'm struggling to keep up here.

www.technibble.com

 

[katz]

You may want to review our discussion here where I'm very confused -

M.2 - I'm struggling to keep up.

Not only are there a dozen different versions of M.2 drives. I have a refurbished Dell where I ordered this 240 GB M.2 when it seems to need this? (The machine/BIOS doesn't even see the first one.) Really? Now even the same modules aren't interchangeable? Pffft! I'm struggling to keep up here.

www.technibble.com

lol - doesn't take a lot to confuse me either. I did locate the correct tool, by i.d. ing the model number on the ssd. Thanks for the link, I will read through it.

 

[Porthos]

I have one of these for NVME drives.

Amazon.com

 

[thecomputerguy]

I have one of These

I haven't run into a SATA m.2 drive in a long time.

 

[timeshifter]

I've encountered my first SSD data recovery job. Lenovo Yoga 730.

Once you get it connected you may need the Bitlocker key. Good chance that drive is encrypted. You'll need access to the user's Microsoft account. That means they'll need to know what email they used, what the password to Microsoft is, etc. Getting all the accomplished is often harder than the actual repairs.

 

[katz]

Once you get it connected you may need the Bitlocker key. Good chance that drive is encrypted. You'll need access to the user's Microsoft account. That means they'll need to know what email they used, what the password to Microsoft is, etc. Getting all the accomplished is often harder than the actual repairs.

I did read that on another site. They sure don't make it easy do they, lol. I mean, how many users actually remember their account details/passwords...

 

[HCHTech]

I mean, how many users actually remember their account details/passwords..

After 20 years repairing computers, I can confidently say "None". None of them do.

 

[GTP]

Amazon must think us Aussies are so well heeled we can pay out the ying yang?

 

[labtech]

Is there something wrong with the Lenovo? Or do you suspect the SSD is the issue?

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

We have a couple kicking around...
We have an Acasis duplicator...similar to the picture abovce...but a dual port model...we use it for cloning/duplicating NVMe drives....like I have a project this month where I purchased almost 20 laptops...the model and price was great from our Lenovo distie, but they only came with 256 gig drives, so I purchased a bunch of Crucial 512's. We unbuckled one, got all the updates on (OS and Lenovo Vantage drivers), powered down, cloned to a 512. Booted up...expanded the partition...rebooted...sysprepped...powered down..and we're using the Acasis to image that across 15x 512 drives to swap out on the rest of the laptops.

Acasis 10Gbps M.2 NVMe 2 Bay Duplicator Offline Clone Hard Drives Base

【Easy Operation】SSD Not Included. This ACASIS NVME Docking Station can Offline copy, no need to connect to a computer, file data, audio and video data. When connect to the computer, read the hard disk, exit safely and clone again. It may help you clone easily and protect the nvme enclosure and...

www.acasis.com

We also have an Orico brand one...works well.....for reading a single drive quick.

ORICO - USB Storage Adapters, Chargers, Hubs, and More

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