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Model A1369, 1.6, 1.7, or 1.8 GHz Processor, 64, 128 or 256GB Flash Storage

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Read data on SSD Card if removed?

Sorry for the description below as I somewhat lack the knowledge of the internal parts of a computer. I have been told that my MacAir has basically been destroyed by water damage frying the OS, Keyboard and possibly the ssd. Before I send it off to Apple to fix under the plan I want to check to make sure the SSD card is ok and if so backup all the data on it as once Apple has it and finds anything wrong with it, they will replace it without backing up data. So is there anything out there that will allow me to plug the SSD into it and check to see if its ok and if it is back up the data onto a WD external hard drive?

Thanks for any help possible!

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Just drop it into a OWC Envoy drive enclosure: http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/drive/enc...

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This is the problem with contemporary ultrabook laptops, they no longer have removable drives anymore as they use memory chips that are welded to the mainboard.

To the best of my knowledge, if an SSD goes bad the data cannot be recovered. The only hope may be if the Apple repair folks can or will be able to recover any data if the board can be repaired. If not, the data is a total loss.

With the advent of SSD technology, it is even more important to have some kind of backup device or service backing up to a device or cloud service. Old hard drives failed often but if the platter was okay you could pay for expensive data recovery services and get the data. SSD's just are not made the same way and can't be opened up.

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If you still have warranty I wouldn't try anything to my macbook air, but if not, try open it, remove the ssd and put it in a special case to read it like an USB hard drive, you will see if the SSD is OK.

I would be surprised if water damaged the SSD, usually, the mac has security to power off the electricity before damage anything. Somehow, logic board would be broken by rust, but ssd should be fine in most case.

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