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> An SSD that fails is likely to go into a read-only mode that still allows you to recover your data. The only way to recover your data from a HDD failure is to find a data recovery business.

SSD failure in my experience both professional and private is definitely what you write there. SSD failure just make the system no longer recognize the drive. No read only mode to speak of

where as a failing hard drive has a bit more survival luck, also the data recovery at a very high success rate when going to a third party



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