External HDD damaged by ants. I want to recover my data although it won't come up

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my Iomega external HDD recently became infested by ants. i managed to carefully open it up, clean out the drive and put it back together. but the critters have apparently caused some damage to the HDD as whenever i connect it to my laptop and power it on, my laptop does not recognize the HDD. the platters seem to be spinning just fine however it seems the read/write head seems to have some difficulty moving.

is there any way i can recover my data on the HDD as it is of great value to me.

please help!!!
 
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Open the external drive case and install the drive INTO your computer internally. If the drive comes up there, the enclosure is dead/dying. If the drive does NOT come up, send the drive off for data recovery. One place I recommend is Kroll Ontrack. They are really reliable.
A success story: www.krollontrack.com/data-recovery/digital-media-recovery
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Open the external drive case and install the drive INTO your computer internally. If the drive comes up there, the enclosure is dead/dying. If the drive does NOT come up, send the drive off for data recovery. One place I recommend is Kroll Ontrack. They are really reliable.
A success story: www.krollontrack.com/data-recovery/digital-media-recovery
 
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