How do i recover datas from a PCIe® NVMeTM M.2 Solid State Drive (15)?

[Z0r0]

Hi!,

I am having a hp spectre x360 bl-075nr, One of the premium laptops. It got shutdown suddenly few days back while i was streaming videos online, and it wont turn on. I called up support and they troubleshooted over phone. i was asked to check starting after i clear the static charge using f6 and  power key, this didnt help. And then some bios reset/restart keys (win  + B + power), this didnt help either. So, i was said that it can be a hardware problem probly motherboard.

So now, I am looking to recover data from my ssd before i send it to the support team, I would like to know how i can recover the data from my harddisk. The harddsik in my laptop is 512 GB PCIe® NVMeTM M.2 Solid State Drive (15). My laptop is out of warranty so i am willing to open it up and try my best to recover data than just loosing it. It will be very helpful if you can specify an enclosure for that ssd so i can transfer the data, if thats a way to recover.

TIA

[David_J_W · Accepted solution]

As NVMe drives are PCI-Express devices, there is no way to connect them to USB. There are three options that come to mind:

1. Fit the drive in a desktop computer using an inexpensive PCI-Express M.2 NVMe carrier board.
2. Fit the drive in a Thunderbolt 3 M.2 NVMe enclosure.
3. Fit the drive in another laptop with an unused M.2 NVMe slot.

If you have access to a desktop computer, option 1 is probably the cheapest and easiest to access. Option 3 is great if you have suitable hardware to hand, but is otherwise very awkward. Option 2 is the most flexible, but there are not many enclosures on the market and those there are are expensive.

[Z0r0]

Sounds good. I have been thinking to do it as mentioned in option 2, as i remember doing that way for hdd. But, found it difficult to find an enclosure for this ssd, and found that it is quite expensive. Am not sure if i can ask about products here, my post was put on hold on superuser when i asked about a product for option 2. Do you know of any product? or can you verify if this would work?

And how will i know more information about the ssd? (like key info B, M..)

Thanks again

[David_J_W]

Well, that product proved my expectations wrong, because it's a USB to NVMe enclosure! I had not come across one of those before; I had only previously seen native PCI-Express solutions including PCI-Express over Thunderbolt.

I cannot provide any guarantee of compatibility, but that product appears to be what you need. Most if not all NVMe SSDs will be M keyed as they ideally want four PCI-Express lanes. M key is the only M.2 keying option that has four lanes. If you are not sure of the keying of your drive, remove it and examine the connector.

[Z0r0]

Great!! thanks for the help.