too higher a voltage used.. can i recover the data/

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sexywelshgirl

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My son connected the hard drive with too high a voltage cable. it went bang with a puff of smoke. will the hard drive be corrupted and unrecoverable?

Any help welcome.
 
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makkem

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It certainly sounds like the hard drive electronics have been fried but the information could probably be recovered from the platters by a recovery company but expect a high cost.
if you can source an identical hard drive you could swap the PCB and that should allow the recovery of your data.
 
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There is a chance that only your logic board is burnt and that the rest of the drive is still functional.But You can't fix the logic board unless you want to learn data recovery and possess SMT soldering knowledge so it's might be time for a new Hard drive.
 
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larkspur

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It sounds like this happened with an external hard drive? Using the wrong power brick? If that is true then the enclosure is toast but the HDD contained in the enclosure may (or may not) still be usable. It will need to be removed from the enclosure and hooked up to a computer or put in another enclosure to test. If you aren't skilled in these things I'd suggest bringing it to a computer shop. They should be able to tell you very quickly whether it spins and works. And if it's dead they can suggest data recovery services (very expensive) if the data is absolutely precious. Good luck!
 
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