<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">I recovered files from my desktop crashed hard drive by making an Ubuntu boot image on a thumb drive and it found my bad hard drive and files. I saved them safely. I don’t remember all the details. It’s been a few years. I know this isn’t exactly what you asked for but thought it might be helpful. Good luck. <div>Dwight <br><br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Oct 10, 2021, at 6:06 PM, The MacDougals via TriEmbed <triembed@triembed.org> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">My laptop crashed. It says no hard drive detected. This is a Dell Inspiron 7370 laptop with an internal SSD.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Sata M.2 256GB. Here is a listing on Ebay for a used one:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/333979414069">https://www.ebay.com/itm/333979414069</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Does anyone have one of these (or compatible form factor) that I could try putting into my machine to try<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">to determine if it is the drive or the motherboard that has failed? Any other ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt">---> Paul<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>Triangle, NC Embedded Computing mailing list</span><br><span></span><br><span>To post message: TriEmbed@triembed.org</span><br><span>List info: http://mail.triembed.org/mailman/listinfo/triembed_triembed.org</span><br><span>TriEmbed web site: http://TriEmbed.org</span><br><span>To unsubscribe, click link and send a blank message: mailto:unsubscribe-TriEmbed@bitser.net?subject=unsubscribe</span><br><span></span><br></div></blockquote></div></body></html>