How to recover data form Hard Drive with broken pins?

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Collin_L

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Doing a little research as my sister is doing school work to get her Doctorate in Biology and her external hard drive coord ripped out some of the connector pins last time she plugged it in. Yes she has a lot of her files backed up but it would be very helpful to get the most recent ones and So im curious if my idea will work or if anyone else has any ideas. I'm the tech person in my family and I dont claim to be all knowing or wise so I'm looking for advice.

Its a Western Digital and the product number is WDBPCK0010BBK-03 or click here to see it on amazon

I was wondering as because the hard drive isnt done for and its just the pins is it possible for me to just wire the connection for a temporary transfer to a different drive? Any ideas are welcome as well...
 
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Ubrales
The hard drive is inside this enclosure. Carefully dismantle the enclosure and retrieve the HDD inside. Then connect it to a computer and retrieve the data.

You can connect it to a desktop computer as an additional drive, or you can connect it to a laptop using a USB adapter.
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The hard drive is inside this enclosure. Carefully dismantle the enclosure and retrieve the HDD inside. Then connect it to a computer and retrieve the data.

You can connect it to a desktop computer as an additional drive, or you can connect it to a laptop using a USB adapter.
 
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Collin_L

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Thanks Iv never opened opened one of these up before and I know I sound like a moron but my question is does the external casing still use the hard drive pins or does it have its own connectors that the hard drive plugs into. I'm Sorry...
 
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The HDD inside the enclosure has its own set of pins that wull unplug from a PC Board.

The plastic external case is usually snapped together, and you may need some sharp instrument to pry it open.

After you get the HDD apart, you can connect it to a desktop computer as an additional drive, or you can connect it to a laptop using a USB adapter.
 
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littleleo

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Just don't yank on the back where the internal hard drive connects to the chassis you don't want to damage those pins. You can probably buy an external enclosure and mount the drive in it for your sister and totally impress her.

Don't forget to select Ubrales for best answer since he did great job answering your question.
 
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