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This piece.

What is it? And if I go buy a new one, can I solder it back on myself?

If not, how can I recover my data?

Edit: I should probably mention, that picture is of an undamaged HDD.

Looks like a SMT resistor, but it could be a capacitor, and I can't tell which value it is. Best bet to recover the data: get a HDD of the same exact type, and transplant the circuit board.

Beowulf wrote:Looks like a SMT resistor, but it could be a capacitor, and I can't tell which value it is. Best bet to recover the data: get a HDD of the same exact type, and transplant the circuit board.

You often need to match the part numbers, which can be a royal pain.

So what's the best way too get my data off of it? I found the same model for sale in several places, but the part numbers don't match.

Dominus Atheos wrote:So what's the best way too get my data off of it? I found the same model for sale in several places, but the part numbers don't match.

there are companies that specialize in that service how much is the data worth to you?

Lisa wrote:

Dominus Atheos wrote:So what's the best way too get my data off of it? I found the same model for sale in several places, but the part numbers don't match.

there are companies that specialize in that service how much is the data worth to you?

No more then $500. I already checked out those data recovery services, and they cost upwards of $2000.

It's the drive that I store everything I download off the internet. If I tried really really hard, I could probably replace everything on there, but it was a 500GB drive, and it was pretty much full, so it would take a long time to replace.

You're probably screwed, to be frank.