I have a Western Digital 1.5T External Hard Drive that died on me. I took the Hard Drive out of the external casing and plugged it directly into the inside of my computer to see if it was the external part. My computer still would not recognize it, but I could hear the Hard Drive inside spinning. I read somewhere that if your Hard Drive is spinning your data could be fine and the motherboard is what died, and you can replace the motherboard on the Hard Drive with another motherboard from same working Hard Drive and you might be able to get your data off it.
Is swapping out the motherboard on the Hard Drive something I could try or would I be wasting my time?
Is swapping out the motherboard on the Hard Drive something I could try or would I be wasting my time?