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mindfucnugget
By mindfucnugget
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Hey my WD blue hard drive pins were bent . I need this data!!

 

RIP

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IDE?

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By the sounds of it you'll need to take it to a data recovery agency if its what it sounds like.  Do not attempt to open the drive at all, if you do all your Data is gone forever.

 

Also, learn from this and take backups in the future.

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@mindfucnugget

 

The only HDD pins would have to be an IDE drive and those pins are fairly strong so use a bird beak pliers to bend it kind of straight, don't pull on them, and use the IDE connector to do the rest, it will work, well should.

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