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Dear Aaron, > I have had a pc specialist laptop for about 2 years, only got a 1 year > full warranty, and don't fancy trying to package and send and argue > with them to get it sorted, especially as they will format the drive > without backing it up. > > Anyway the laptop no longer boots from the ssd and the bios doesn't > even see a drive. Before you send the laptop off for repair, you may want to check that the problem really is the drive and not something else. I would try booting with a live OS image and seeing if a utility like lsblk, GNU parted, or GNOME Disks sees the drive. If it does detect the SSD and it looks right (is of the right capacity, has the right partitions etc.), you could try mounting it (you can do that from within GNOME Disks) and seeing if your data is there. If you are lucky enough to find all your data intact then you can move onto the recovery stage! Unfortunately I don't think that is likely to be the case, but it's worth a try, even if just to check that the BIOS detects the live image from a USB drive or DVD. Best wishes (and good luck!), Sebastian -- - Freenode: 'seabass' - Matrix: '@seabass:chat.weho.st' -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq