SSD external hard disk corrupted contain 70 BTC~!

[private73123]

  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

[Findingnemo]

Since it was physically damaged there is no way to recover it on your own using softwares. The only way is to find a genuine professional to work on this and get your BTC if you are lucky.

Better find the professional in your country itself.

[private73123]

In my country i show to best company they say can not do  anything.
They are not so professional companies , mostly they recover harddisk if data corrupted. but not physically damage.


I want opinion if there is a chance or no.

[Findingnemo]

In my country i show to best company they say can not anything.
They are not so pro or companies , mostly they recover harddisk data corrupted. but not physically damage

If so then try to find them online.

Found some professional recovery services by myself and this one looks trusted : https://drivesaversdatarecovery.com/data-recovery-services/devices-supported/solid-state-drive-ssd-data-recovery/

But I can't vouch for them since I never used their services. So better contact them and try if there is any chance. You can find their contact details on the page itself.

[private73123]

Do you think i have chance ? like logically , because it is encrypted.

[darkv0rt3x]

The hard drive is physically damaged or only the filesystem? Are you sure, I mean absolutely sure it's an hardware failure?
If it's an hardware failure, you need to first find what electronic components are damaged. There might be components that can be easily replaced with no harm. But there are also others that probably make it impossible to recover data!

If data is encrypted or not, doesn't matter if the damage is physical. If you have the passwords/keys/etc to decrypt the data, then, doesn't matter if it is a hardware failure or software failure. If the problem can be fixed and you don't have the means to decrypt the data, then, it is useless to fix the drive!

[FNT]

if the problem is a physically / hardware damage (SSD print, chips for firmware, power supply, etc... not the storage chips itself),
it should be possible for good hardware guys / engineer to e.g. SMD soldering the
chips and transfer them to a "new" plattfrom where you can run the disc. Other option could be to copy the chips 1:1
use it on a good SSD... (you need prof. hardware for this jobs!! and experiance!!)
Anyway this is a job for a professional (engineer) only.
Toshiba chip for storage is: TH58TEG8DDJTA20

software: data encrypt shouldn't be the problem as you - hopefully - know the key/password...

Bye

PS: shouldn't ne size 240GB?

[private73123]

Thanks alot for your information


Waiting more recommendation and information / companies guys

[RapTarX]

Do you think i have chance ? like logically , because it is encrypted.

Will you be able to decrypt it?
If so, I guess you have chances to fix the SSD and make it usable. In my country, I have seen one professional who has fixed more physically damaged drive (I assumed your SSD is far better). It would be good to know where do you live (share if you have no problem).

[BASE16]

It's simple.
There are 8 chips so you have a 1 on 8 chance that it is corrupted due to a hardware failure.
This means that chances are relatively high that the data is still intact.

If that was my drive i would pull a extended S.M.A.R.T report in Gnome Disks (read-only).
But you can only do so if the drive still communicates with the SATA bus.

Otherwise step one is that you will have to try to recover the data from each of these chips.
You can do this with a test clip socket adapter.

[FNT]

I see it the same way others do, technically spoken it's time consuming to restore, but possible.
The "chips", there should be 16 x storage chips, also on the front side? Then there some other kind of stuff for
firmware and comunication SATA, etc... which can also be broken, you (restoring person) can check each to know,
where's the fault and do a exchange or renew this parts.

So the company you contact, should IMHO exactly explain how the want to make the repair/restoring, etc...
so you know the conept they want to use.

Bye

[private73123]

Thanks guys alot ,

Any recommended Companies for recovery.

[darkv0rt3x]

Thanks guys alot ,

Any recommended Companies for recovery.

Where are you from?

[BASE16]

I encourage you to restore the data yourself.
Trust no one.
If you hand it over to some external tech company chances are that they will tell you the data can not be recovered.
And the next thing you will see is that the funds have left the address.
Good thing it is encrypted.

[LoyceV]

I encourage you to restore the data yourself.

In general, physical data recovery is not a DIY-thing.

Trust no one.

That I can agree on. But OP will have to find some middle ground.

A simple search "SSD data recovery" gives me many options to choose from, and many offer "no cure no pay".

In my country i show to best company they say can not do  anything.
They are not so professional companies , mostly they recover harddisk if data corrupted. but not physically damage.

Find a company that's experienced in physical recovery, then travel there (by yourself, with the disk).

[private73123]

Guys .. Recovery companies request encryption password to do the recovery ?

they said it is not possible without it .


How far this is true ?

[BASE16]

Well there you go that's a lie.
They only need that to steal your crypto.
They should hand you a raw encrypted backup.

[LoyceV]

How far this is true ?

It depends: if they get the entire disk to work, they can just create a raw copy of the entire encrypted partition. But if they can only do a partial recovery of the physical disk, they won't be able to recover individual files without the password.

You may be better off asking those questions on a more specialized forum. Leave out the part about 70 Bitcoin, that's irrelevant (until the files are actually recovered).

[BASE16]

Don't listen to people who tell you to give away that drive.
All you can do is cry when you discover they took your coins.
You will have to become a professional and do it yourself.
Trust no one.

[RickDeckard]

 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

Whatever you do don't give your drive to anyone, even companies. Once they do find out what you have on the disk (because they will have full access to it during their recovery steps).
Have you tried searching google for someone in the same shoes that yourself? Granted that they wouldn't be able to access your BTC since they don't know the code but they could take the file and delete it (and then claim that they weren't able to recover the files).

Are you willing to risk that? What model are we talking about here, could you share it? Perhaps we could try to give you some recommendations based on what you tell us about.