[mdlug] OT: data recovery from dead hard disk

[Jeff Hanson]

On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 2:48 PM, Dean Durant <mdlug at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Situation:   western digitial, SATA, 500 GB, fell from a desk onto the floor.  It was in an enclosure.   Now it's dead.   I think it's gone forever but I'd like to see if there is anything I can do.    Thanks, Dean

Iffy.  The enclosure may have absorbed some of the impact.  Modern
drive heads are very low mass so it takes quite a lot of impact force
for them to contact the platters.  I'd check for a loose connection
and try it without the enclosure before giving up.