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.

 

[ZedClampet]

What was your dead cat doing on your HDD? Don't give dead animals access to your hardware.

Whew. That was my good deed for the day. Glad I could be helpful. Time for a nap.

 

[Colif]

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

because you got it wrong. The tags go on the outside of the text, you don't put the text inside the brackets

Spoiler

"Yes, this is a joke, I don't actually have any pictures of dead cats."

quote me to see

 

[BeardyHat]

because you got it wrong. The tags go on the outside of the text, you don't put the text inside the brackets

Spoiler

"Yes, this is a joke, I don't actually have any pictures of dead cats."

quote me to see

Weird. I just clicked the button for Spoilers on the forum itself. Ahh well.

 

[Colif]

what I think happened is you put the text in the pop up box that shows when really that is for the title of the spoiler.

what you should do is

1. type the message you want to hide
2. Highlight it
3. click the spoiler button
4. enter a title for the spoiler
5. click okay

It should look like below:

Spoiler: Title of spoiler

Weird. I just clicked the button for Spoilers on the forum itself. Ahh well.

I didn't know about the box that asks for title as I have always manually put the tags on.

 

[BeardyHat]

Ahh, right. Well now I see. Thanks!

Now, I gave the platter to my kids to see if they could get anything off it; their methodology seems to be flinging it to see if any data flies off.

 

[ZedClampet]

Ahh, right. Well now I see. Thanks!

Now, I gave the platter to my kids to see if they could get anything off it; their methodology seems to be flinging it to see if any data flies off.

I think this is the definitive thread on methods of recovering data and should be pinned, both here and at Tom's Hardware.

Another thing that might be good is a corrosive that effects everything but data. Put the HDD in a bowl filled with the corrosive and come back later and there should be a lot of data floating on top.

@Colif hurry up and pin this. People are in need.

 

[January's Ghost]

I heard if you microwave it for 1 minute and then play it like a record on speed 78 you can get the data.

If that doesn't work try putting it in rice.