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HDD Data Recovery SAMSUNG HM320JI
I have a Samsung SATA HM320JI 320GB disk which died on me. It happened by itself without any physical or electrical disturbance. As the drive isn't recognized on device manager, no physical device shows up on disk manager (hardware error). Each time I attach it (external usb box,sata cable to motherboard; on different computers) I hear the drive platter spin up, a few head movement (no loud or repeating click) and platters spin down slowly. I bought an exact same HDD and swapped the controller PCB on the bottom but the results didn't change.
I have sensitive data on the drive. Any data recovery suggestions which doesn't cost thousands of dollars ?
I have sensitive data on the drive. Any data recovery suggestions which doesn't cost thousands of dollars ?
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If you do suspect it has had a hardware fault then my advice is not to keep spinning it up (I have done this before trying to check it repeatedly and it was unrecoverable)
a quick google search will find companies that offer no recovery no fee and the prices are pretty reasonable today
good luck!