How Do You Recover Data From Broken Hard Drive?
Sometimes hard drives die, and when they’re gone, the data they contain may be gone for good, so backing up your precious information is critical. But there are times when your hard drive isn’t really dead. Sometimes a hard drive is just sick and will recover with a quick fix, or you can manage to squeeze just enough life out of it to extract your data and save it to another location. You may want to hire a professional data-recovery specialist. This is a pricey route that is not guaranteed to deliver results, but if the lost data is valuable, it may be a better option than tooling around with the hard drive yourself. If you do go the do-it-yourself route, you will probably void any warranties, and you should never attempt to open the hard drive’s casing because exposing it to air causes irreparable damage. Remove the hard drive from your PC. Plug the hard drive into a different computer that you know is working properly. Check to see if the motherboard is causing the hard drive works