Hi everyone and congrats for this great resourceful website, tons of info here!
Unfortunately the reason I post is not a good one (I suppose this happens a lot here).
I have a HGST 500GB Laptop hard drive that is dead.
To be honest here, I punched the laptop. The laptop is dead. So is the HDD. I connected to a "tower" pc and it makes some horrible noises. I immediately shut it down after I hear them.
Of course, my backup was quite old and now I'm desperate to get what I can from my files. Most of them, business data and some family pictures.(and some private videos...
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I was told to order a new identical drive and change the electronics board. Would that make sense? Is it energy-related? I thought this would be something with the drive mechanics.
If someone can suggest next steps, I'm all ears.
Data is important but I have a high - limit on how much money I want to spend on this.
I'm located in Athens, Greece, but I'm a frequent traveller, so I can bring drive with me elsewhere.
Thanks in advance.