SSD external hard disk corrupted contain 70 BTC~!

[FNT]

hi,

as pointed out there are different soultions for this topic, of course some are more challenging than other...
btw, have you tried the "freezer trick"?

bye

[Vod]

 I have harddisk SSD external encrypted on true crypt  , it stop working ( guess board not getting electric ) ,( 1 year ago )

  My MISTAKE I let some people non professional work on  it , I am not sure if they fuck the chips or not yet

  Brand is : Kingston 250 GB


  Is there any hope, any ideas how to fix it .

  Please comment , ethically and gentleman agreement , who help me in an idea never thought about or it may this success or work i will hit back a message
  with 1 BTC as GIFT.

70 BTC is a lot of money - enough to make even any professional person/firm think about stealing/replacing it.

My advice is to hire a legal firm and they will do their best to recover the coin or they don't get paid.

[NotFuzzyWarm]

 I have harddisk SSD external encrypted on true crypt  , it stop working ( guess board not getting electric ) ,( 1 year ago )

  My MISTAKE I let some people non professional work on  it , I am not sure if they fuck the chips or not yet

  Brand is : Kingston 250 GB

  Is there any hope, any ideas how to fix it .

  Please comment , ethically and gentleman agreement , who help me in an idea never thought about or it may this success or work i will hit back a message
  with 1 BTC as GIFT.

Good link about recovering data from SSD's
Link to problems that HP drives had after hitting 32,768 hrs of run time
IMHO the best and most trusted data recovery firm (NASA used them to recover almost all data on the black box drives from the space shuttles that were destroyed) They have been in business for decades and have several labs around the globe you can send the drive to.

[10_sjdovn_10]

Is there any hope, any ideas how to fix it .

  Please comment , ethically and gentleman agreement , who help me in an idea never thought about or it may this success or work i will hit back a message
  with 1 BTC as GIFT.

Hello
 
If you have Linux OS, (ubuntu or ...) reboot the computer and go to GRUB bootloader and check disk for troubleshooting.

or Scan hard drive for Bad Sectors or Bad Blocks and inform OS not to use bad blocks for storing data.

[NotATether]

Hello
 
If you have Linux OS, (ubuntu or ...) reboot the computer and go to GRUB bootloader and check disk for troubleshooting.

or Scan hard drive for Bad Sectors or Bad Blocks and inform OS not to use bad blocks for storing data.

If my guide helps you please send me 0.003 BTC instead of your generous 1 BTC    

The disk controller is physically damaged and the disk itself has been removed from its enclosure and so he can't even plug it in and expect it to work let alone run a file system scanner on it. And a bad filesystem rarely causes lost data.

Also, GRUB doesn't even have a built-in filesystem checker - it's a program called fsck or e2fsck or something like that - which itself is also useless because the filesystem is encrypted with TrueCrypt! (And doesn't work if the filesystem is not ext2/3/4 anyway.)

[TheBeardedBaby]

Interesting what happen with that case. The sad thing is that when people have issues and post here, then find another solution or just give up they never say what actually happens with the case. It would be nice to know if the hard drive was able to connect at the end.

Another tip of the guy if he is still reading still have issues.
Some of the sata2usb controllers which are used in the external drives often get "crazy" too, it's possible to get it working by using another sata to usb controller or try it a few times on the old one, connect/disconnect.

I start to wonder if the drive was really the problem at all, it could be the sata2upb since it was encrypted with truecrypt nobody can really see/recover anything if they don't have the key and consider the drive as broken.
Just some random thoughts here..

[luchen7]

I think I can help you solve this problem, because I once had an SSD like you, a similar problem, and finally it was successfully solved. Of course you can give me a certain reward

[TheBeardedBaby]

The guy is offline for more than 8 days now, I hope he managed to recover that small fortune he had and didn't got scammed on the way.
It would be nice if the OP drops only a note if they manage to recover the drive and what was the solution when that happens.

[private73123]

The guy is offline for more than 8 days now, I hope he managed to recover that small fortune he had and didn't got scammed on the way.
It would be nice if the OP drops only a note if they manage to recover the drive and what was the solution when that happens.

not yet my friend , was little busy taking a break ,
already tried the freeze trick didnt work

ssd showing both on windows and linux 24 kb only
for windows showing unkown disk in disk mangment and sandforce 2000x

 no solution remain in my hand until now, also am a man of honor if this work all who pariticpiate will get rewards make sure i will post back thanks.


luxhen07 am happy to give reward if your idea work ))

[Findingnemo]

ssd showing both on windows and linux 24 kb only
for windows showing unkown disk in disk mangment and sandforce 2000x

So you managed to bring power to your hardware and it is even detected in system?

IIRC, hard drives showing unknown disk means all those partitions in the disk now moved to unallocated space so it is possible to recover all the data in it with recovery softwares for sure. But I never done it personally so wait for others opinion to find what are the further steps need to be taken to get those funds back, hopefully.

[RickDeckard]

The guy is offline for more than 8 days now, I hope he managed to recover that small fortune he had and didn't got scammed on the way.
It would be nice if the OP drops only a note if they manage to recover the drive and what was the solution when that happens.

not yet my friend , was little busy taking a break ,
already tried the freeze trick didnt work

ssd showing both on windows and linux 24 kb only
for windows showing unkown disk in disk mangment and sandforce 2000x

 no solution remain in my hand until now, also am a man of honor if this work all who pariticpiate will get rewards make sure i will post back thanks.


luxhen07 am happy to give reward if your idea work ))

OP if you managed to get Windows to "recognize" the drive in the Disk Management Settings (to make sure just click on START and then look for Disk Management) then you probably are one step closer to retrieve whatever files were on it!
There are a tons of programs that claim that they can recover the assets in such cases, but I would advise you to use R-Studio (open source) : Data Recovery from an External Disk with a Damaged File System

Let us know if your story has a happy ending mate

[e24e724]

 I have harddisk SSD external encrypted on true crypt  , it stop working ( guess board not getting electric ) ,( 1 year ago )

  My MISTAKE I let some people non professional work on  it , I am not sure if they fuck the chips or not yet

  Brand is : Kingston 250 GB


  Is there any hope, any ideas how to fix it .

  Please comment , ethically and gentleman agreement , who help me in an idea never thought about or it may this success or work i will hit back a message
  with 1 BTC as GIFT.




  Photo for harddisk : https://pasteboard.co/JJU6WUs.jpg

If you want to recover information, I will tell you the developer of the program for testing hard drives. They have a website and experience. I don't advertise here, pm or email me for the info.

[TheBeardedBaby]

If it's visible in the system, have you tried any partition manager to see what partitions there might be?
I found a 250gb kingston SSD in one of my PCs (ill post pictures later) and when I find more time I'll give it a try with the true crypt. Never used it before so I cannot give suggestions until I have some interaction with it.

Very important question, do you connect the drive directly to the motherboard or you still use sata2usb convert from the external drive?

If you connect it to the MB you can download hirens boot CD (or DVD version) to check the disk status. If you wish to test it let me know i can guide you through the process.

Edit: If you need to get help, please take your time and explain what you have already did to the drive to test it. I ask every customer to explain to me in details what actually happen in order to proved the most efficient help.
Just make a list with short description like,: checked the boot manager, no partitions found. Tested on different SATA2USB controllers, all show the same result, etc.
It's easy, makes thinks clear, and keep the work tidy and don't waste time to repeat already conducted tests.

[private73123]

Some people here do not understand , it is shown as Unknown disk . on Linux after connecting direct to motherboard showing 34 kb .

Who want to really Help , share in private your  Telegram

Am offering 5 BTC as reward who help me fix this harddisk .

Thanks

[TheBeardedBaby]

Some people here do not understand , it is shown as Unknown disk . on Linux after connecting direct to motherboard showing 34 kb .

Who want to really Help , share in private your  Telegram

Am offering 5 BTC as reward who help me fix this harddisk .

Thanks

Of course we don't understand because we need more information. If you see the Unknow Disk in the Device Manager, it's one thing. If you see the Unknown disk in THe BIOS it's another thing.

What settings you have in the BIOS for tha SATA controller ? Which mode it is  AHCI or IDE this is also important, If you don't see it, change the mode to IDE.

It's a ton of other things that can affect the HDD detection. IT's important to see the POST status also the SMART info of the drive. What partitions has the unknow drive, have you checked?

Sent you my Telegram in a PM.

[BASE16]

What settings you have in the BIOS for tha SATA controller ? Which mode it is  AHCI or IDE this is also important, If you don't see it, change the mode to IDE.

I asked this so many times but i never got an answer.

The controller itself is visible but not the NAND.
This usually happens when one of the chips get bricked or the device does not pass one of the power on tests it runs when first turned on.
I had hoped it was a faulty temperature sensor that will send a false reading to the controller which will then go into emergency mode because it thinks that the hardware is overheated.
This is a common issue with these type of devices, and these issues will have the exact same outcome: controller visible but no IO possible.
I am still convinced that this is most likely the issue so my last advice was to check the storage hardware chip by chip to see if/which one went rogue but of course to do that will take more tools and equipment so that's where we came to a stop.
I am also still convinced that the data needed to recover the coins could still be there on the device, but i do not think that it is going to be easy to get access to it, simply because we tried all the easy things and unfortunately those appeared not to work.

[TheBeardedBaby]

What settings you have in the BIOS for tha SATA controller ? Which mode it is  AHCI or IDE this is also important, If you don't see it, change the mode to IDE.

I asked this so many times but i never got an answer.

I've wokred with people that really want help but do nothing to actually get a proper help.

If you are talking about a 3.5M$ you have to provide a proper information so we can somehow remotly find a solution.

I have no crystal ball to tell from a probably few thousends kilometers what's wrong with frankenstein's type of a harddisk, repaired by god knows who. This is not the way.

There should be a simple system. You collect and provide all the possible data(info) so you can apply the most efficent solution,  otherwise you are just gambling with 70 bitcoins... and the odds are against you.

Sorry OP but I really get upset when people do not understand the situation they put the others that are trying to help. You need to at least answer the question we put here, if you cannot answer, please ask so we can explain in details what you need to do in order to answer them. That's all.

The controller itself is visible but not the NAND.
This usually happens when one of the chips get bricked or the device does not pass one of the power on tests it runs when first turned on.
I had hoped it was a faulty temperature sensor that will send a false reading to the controller which will then go into emergency mode because it thinks that the hardware is overheated.
This is a common issue with these type of devices, and these issues will have the exact same outcome: controller visible but no IO possible.
I am still convinced that this is most likely the issue so my last advice was to check the storage hardware chip by chip to see if/which one went rogue but of course to do that will take more tools and equipment so that's where we came to a stop.
I am also still convinced that the data needed to recover the coins could still be there on the device, but i do not think that it is going to be easy to get access to it, simply because we tried all the easy things and unfortunately those appeared not to work.

So you dug deeply into solving possible hardware problems.
First I would check the 3.3V  and 1V that comes from the power regulator to the controller. There's also a 3.3V going from the regulatior to the NANDs, only to exclude the physical damage from the so called "repairs". The drive could be OK before the repair, you never know what they did, so basically check everything.