Wd20ears

[mikeyv]

Hello,
My WD2oears fell from a height of about four feet. Now when it is plugged in it makes a scratchy noise and will not boot up. It appears the stylus pins have been bent. Can they be repaired and the information stored on the drive be recovered.

 

[danraies]

There are professionals that can recover the data as long as the platters have not been damaged. but I don't know about repairing them. Just from a logical standpoint, though, everything in there is based on pretty precise measurements so I don't imagine repairing them is an in-home job.

I have never used a data recovery service so I can't recommend one.

That's a scary moment when those drives fall like that. It's like life flashes before your eyes.

 

[sminlal]

This is exactly why you made backup copies of your important files, right?