I accidentally ran `diskpart clean all` to completion on an M.2 SSD and need to know whether any of the data can still be recovered with software. I understand that `clean` and `clean all` work differently, so I'm specifically asking about the full `clean all` operation. Is professional laboratory recovery my only possible option, or is there anything else worth trying?
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For a hard drive, specialized labs might sometimes recover tiny remnants after severe damage, but `clean all` is already destructive by design. With an SSD, flash translation, garbage collection, and TRIM make recovery even less realistic. If the data is irreplaceable, a professional recovery lab is the only option worth consulting, though the odds are effectively negligible.
If the files are important enough to justify the cost, stop powering on or using the SSD and contact a reputable data-recovery specialist before attempting anything yourself. Creating images and trying recovery tools is useful for failing drives, but it will not normally restore data that has been overwritten across the disk with zeroes.
`clean all` is very different from the regular `clean` command. It writes zeroes across the entire drive, so normal recovery software generally has nothing left to find. Do not use the SSD or write anything else to it, but software recovery is extremely unlikely.
That’s what I was worried about—I used `clean all`, not just `clean`, so I wanted to confirm whether the distinction changed the recovery chances.