How to recover data from a dead hard drive (for beginners)

This is a quick video to show how you can do a data recovery from a dead hard drive.
Important Notes: - If your hard disk is still under the guarantee time, it would be wiser to send it to the manufacturing company instead of opening it this way.
- This video explains how to solve one specific problem that might face the hard disk. Follow these instructions only if the hard drive you have sound's like the one in this video.

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[krzysztofdanieljanicki]

Thank You saved my life. I did it and my external disk works properly. Years of 3d design projects, videos, photos... I am so happy to have it back. Now I am going to copy all to another disk. God bless you! :)

[JeevanKumar-bscv]

I had one drive with important data in it, and was not working since a week. Suddenly today morning youtube suggested video which I wasn't expected. I've recovered more than 75% of data from that drive. Thank you

[junearima]

I was really scared about opening up the hard drive since I've never done anything like this before. But your instructions were easy to follow. The Seagate external hard drive was only a year old! Will never buy it again! Your video rescued all my photos and documents. Thank you SO MUCH!!!

[bobgreene]

Of course, I held my breath, awaiting your warning (at 3:05) that no hard drive opened this way should be re-used. Inevitably, some who watch your video will believe that if the drive now spins up, and was found on completion without obvious scratches, the drive has been brought back to life. The whole point of this procedure is to recover existing data as quickly as possible, and then put the drive to work as a fascinating paper weight (marking the drive with its volume name(s) and DOA date with a marking pen). Such "marking pen" documentation avoids enormous grief with data, later.

[klwtherd]

Excellent video! Very few people on YouTube or anywhere have shown that before you pay a data recovery company thousands of dollars to recover your data, it can't hurt to try this FREE fix. Love it.

[chrisbarber]

YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! I followed your steps and I was able to recover my design files and pictures. Thank you SO MUCH!!!!

[cosmiccollision]

All the dead hard drives are always Seagate

[josscastellanos]

All I can say is WOW. I thought once the HD is opened in open air its dead. Kudos to you for getting this to work.

[djakkdjakkd]

Lol that disclaimer at the end should be at the start

[phoenixlion]

He definitely nailed it!! How many of you guys found this video to be a mocked carbon copy of the video from DIY Perks: How to recover data from a hard drive (stuck heads: buzzing, clicking, etc) ??

[hon]

This trick totally WORKED!!!! One of our laptop's hard drive totally died. I did this trick and was able to access the files using a SATA-to-USB cord. It was a life saver!!!!

[sarananyaro]

Thanks, From Tanzania, East Africa, I have fixed my hard disk through your instruction, welcome to Tanzania to see wild animals

[SreenikethanI]

0:21 We can make a damn remix out of that!

[drasticgray]

>dead hard drive
>seagate

IMAGINE MY SHOCK

[innoverdrive]

I was using my old external HD as paperweight since it die like 6 years ago, and i wasn't so sure of trying this and IT I recovered lots of memories that i tought they were definetely lost.
Thanks a

[cr]

Something else that could be causing this problem: the USB connection/unit is failing. This is what happened to my Seagate external hard drive (bought in 2008ish). The unit was making a very faint clicking noise, and so thought the problem was the hard drive (as shown in this video). Once we got the hard drive out of the plastic shell, we put it into different 'shell' (hooked it up to power and a USB to the the computer) and the clicking noise went away, and i was able to access my files without an issue! Turns out the USB unit had become very loose from the green circuit board (it was so loose it was flipping up from the board), and so was basically not doing it's job. Of note, the hard drive got really hot after only running for 15 minutes, so it's probably on the fritz as well, but we were at least able to get data off of it before it (eventually) dies.

[inwerp]

"how to recover data in some rare cases or how to make it impossible for data recovery lab in most cases"

[djmk]

After watching other YT videos on this topic, this is the best one to date I have seen. Glad you mentioned that after opening the hard drive and retrieving the contents, to not put the drive back into service as it will not be a reliable device. I would say in this current day and age, this isn’t quite so common as most of the new drives bought today are solid-state drives, although there are still lots of these mechanical drives still in use.

[bobbullethalf]

Just saved $1000, YouTube has saved me so much money over the years.

[stuarthutchings]

This was a brilliant Video. Excellent picture quality and sound. Great technical content. Well done indeed!