Recover files from an hard disk without another one

[giumo]

My hard disk fell and I had to format it. I am recovering the data but the software asks to a place to save the data; can't I just pick the index file and leave all the data in the hard disk?

 

[Saga Lout]

It's always safer to store recovered data on a different disk from the one which failed. Use a flash drive or SD Card if you have one but if you don't, there are risks to recovering to the original drive and any future recovery would be a lot less likely to work.

 

[giumo]

But If I would try?

 

[Saga Lout]

It's your choice and you may well get away with it and I hope you do but something made that disk fail in the first place.