Hello,
Hey guys, my external hard drive took about a four foot spill a couple of weeks back, and ever since it hasn't been recognized on any computer I plug it into. It is a USB 2.0 external hard drive. I tried using different USB ports, different USB cables, and even a different AC adapter. Also, I removed the hard drive from its enclosure, removed the SATA to USB converter and connected it via SATA in a desktop all to no avail. The hard drive itself does not make any strange noises. It starts up and sounds just as it did when it functioned properly. Therefore, I do not believe there is a stiction fault or that the PCB is to blame. I recently discovered the small fortune it costs to have hard drive recovery services take a stab at recovering the data from a busted drive, and I don't want to spend that kind of money to recover my data if I don't have to. Still, I'm out of ideas, and the last thing I can think of is opening the hard drive myself and taking my chances to see what the issue is. If you guys have any recommendations whatsoever, they are greatly appreciated. Thank you for taking the time to read my question.

Recommend that you research and practice on test drives.
Has anybody evaluated your drive? I am asking because the first step is to knowing the failure(s) the drive sustained.

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Hard Disk Drive (HDD), Solid State Drive (SSD, SATA, NVMe, etc), USB Flash Drive and RAID Data Recovery Specialist in Massachusetts