Hard Drive Recovery?

Practically no, but there are companies who recover data from dead hard drives, I'd guess they take aout the media and put it in a new drive...?
Theoretically, yes of course, but it would cost more than a new drive.
Del

One trick that IT techs use that sometimes works with 'dead' hard drives is to stick the hard drive in a freezer for a couple hours. As soon as they take the HD out of the freezer, they copy the data from that HD to another HD as quickly as possible. The 'dead' hard drive will often work OK just long enough to get all the files copied.

If you try the freezer trick, be sure to package the drive in a zip-lock or similar sealed bag. This will help with (but probably not eliminate) problems with condensation when the drive is remove from the freezer.

Tom D.

In this case it wont be the case, cos it as thermal protection (below a certain tempª the engine wont work)

but the funny thing is that the computer detects the friezed hard drive even without the engine running, but it does not when at normal room temperature

Another trick I was told about (and used successfully) is to remove the hard drive from the computer, drop it from waste high onto a short pile floor carpet.

Gently put it back into the computer and transfer your data to a new hard drive.

well that would "fix" the drive for sure, hehehehe!!!

If you open the case, you will introduce dust which will grind all your precious data away as soon as it starts spinning. companies that do drive repair/recover do this in a clean room environment.