| Solid State Drives (SSD) are data storage devices | | | | The potential reasons for data loss in case of SSDs |
| which use solid-state memory to store data. SSDs | | | | could be categorized into physical and logical failure. |
| are replacing the hard drives faster than ever before, | | | | Physical failure includes water/fire damage whereas |
| as they are less fragile. SSDs use NAND flash | | | | logical failure includes abrupt power surges which |
| memory, meaning there are no moving parts. | | | | prevents data and file system structure to be |
| Moreover, they promise better performance as far | | | | completely written in storage media. Moreover, SSDs |
| as access to data is concerned. However, it won't be | | | | have a limited number of write/erase cycles, hence |
| apt to say that data is immortal if stored in SSDs. | | | | data loss can surface in case the device wears out. |
| SSDs are also prone to certain defects which may | | | | |
| lead to data loss. Since any defect can render data | | | | Data recovery from a SSD is a complicated process |
| inaccessible, it becomes essential to avail data | | | | and thus, needs to be addressed by experts only. |
| recovery services. | | | | The trained experts examine the drive in question |
| | | | | and retrieve the data in most of the data loss |
| Businesses, worldwide, are switching to SSDs as they | | | | scenarios including partition deletion, hard drive |
| offer larger storage capacities and are much faster. | | | | formatting, file system corruption, damaged MBR, |
| Considering the warm reception that these SSDs are | | | | boot sector problems and so on. The data recovery |
| receiving from organizations, many ventures have | | | | experts are well-versed with data recovery and |
| come up in order to provide data recovery New | | | | tackle data loss from different operating system |
| Jersey, which is considered as an abode to numerous | | | | (Windows family, Mac, Linux, DOS, Novell) and SSD |
| innovative businesses. | | | | makes (Apple, Samsung, SanDisk, Western Digital |
| | | | | etc). |