Harddrive recovery

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GordyMac

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I have a SATA maxtor HD that fell off a table and is not reading now.. how can I get it to work is it toast?
 
If you very lightly shake it do you hear metal rattling around inside? Is there critical non backed up data on it?
 
As Hef is suggestion, more than likely the read head is broken - which would make data recovery EXTREMELY difficult. More than likely you'll have to send it into a professional service that can take the drive apart and read the platters individually.
 
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