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How to read files from a broken harddisk?

Make backups to be safe rather than sorry!

Oct. 16, 2018 -

Yesterday a young woman brought me her laptop, it didn't start anymore and it only showed an error message. It turned out to be a broken harddisk. It startled her when I told her that all data on the disk was lost. She told me it contained precious photos of her pregnancy and young child. What could I do?

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Detecting the
Detecting the "USB Mass Storage device", a sign of life from the disk!
The broken laptop containing precious photos
The broken laptop containing precious photos
Defective harddisk
Defective harddisk
Returning the precious photos on an USB-drive
Returning the precious photos on an USB-drive
Opening the laptop to remove the disk
Opening the laptop to remove the disk
The disk is usually fixed using some tiny screws
The disk is usually fixed using some tiny screws

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