Crucial X8 - Formatted DATA Recovery

[Amarbir[CDR-Labs]]

Hi All,
Is there a possibility of finding old translation tables and recovering data from this crucial X8 ,Controller is Phison PS2251-17-43 .

[Arch Stanton]

Did you check it's "zeroed" then?

[Arch Stanton]

Amarbir, I mean if you read the brochure about the controller it sounds like a beefed up USB flash drive controller and so this "SSD" may be nothing more than a beefed up USB flash drive which may not even support TRIM. And so formatting (quick) may be purely a file system level op. I am jus thinking out loud, but I'd check that rather than assume it's trimmed.

[fzabkar]

The controller appears to incorporate an NVMe SSD controller with a USB-NVMe bridge at the front end.

https://www.163.com/dy/article/HTHH4RN90511BLFD.html

http://dingyue.ws.126.net/2023/0214/9ac36e57j00rq1u49002ic000iq00h9m.jpg
https://dingyue.ws.126.net/2023/0214/a9e8385ej00rq1u48002pc000jg00jgm.jpg

[Arch Stanton]

The controller appears to incorporate an NVMe SSD controller with a USB-NVMe bridge at the front end.

https://www.163.com/dy/article/HTHH4RN90511BLFD.html

http://dingyue.ws.126.net/2023/0214/9ac36e57j00rq1u49002ic000iq00h9m.jpg
https://dingyue.ws.126.net/2023/0214/a9e8385ej00rq1u48002pc000jg00jgm.jpg

Thank you. So it does not seem to report it supports TRIM