Question Recovering data from an HDD with damaged connector

[BeardyHat]

Hey guys,

Accidentally damaged the connector on this HDD I was using in my HTPC. Figured I'd see if I could recover any data off of it, so I went ahead and opened it up. Didn't see anything obvious, so I went ahead and scraped the platter with my knife to see if I could get any of the bits off, but again, no dice. Anyone have any idea how I could get my data back? I have lots of pictures of my dead cat on it (Actually loads of pictures of dead cats. My wife says it's ok as a hobby as long as I didn't kill them myself.)

Any ideas?

https://imgur.com/a/N5ATDGu

 

[Colif]

I would ask on here as someone there might have an idea

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forums.tomshardware.com

maybe not mention you collect dead cat pictures

 

[BeardyHat]

I have no idea why my spoiler tag didn't appear.