HELP w/ damaged hard drive

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  1. iheartshania

    iheartshania Cookie Monster Uploader

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    Hello,

    I'm writing to you in a state of sadness.

    Last night I dropped my external hard drive on concrete floor and now it is not working. I've done some light research and it seems like just about the only option is sending it to a data recovery company and paying lots of money.

    I know you folks deal with hard drives all the time so I thought I would reach out here and see if anyone has advice or insight.

    Thank you for your time.
     
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  3. iheartshania

    iheartshania Cookie Monster Uploader

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    I think I'm going to try the steps in this video.
     
  4. SAFARZU

    SAFARZU Super Moderator Staff Member Super Moderator Uploader V . I . P. Collector Ripper

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    I used Easy Data Recovery Wizard to recover a lot of korean shows from dead hdds.
    Touch the needle watching youtube tutorials and sleep well Aurora.. i do not recommend, a person from the store fucked up my hdd and i got a formatted instead of fixed. I wanted to punch him. I like to use recovery software when hdd is corrupted.
     
  5. csslouis

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    Good luck