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I think the best way to recover lost data on a dead disk is to use a data recovery software. I recommend the Bitwar Data Recovery which is free to use and can get back losing data quickly. You know that there are various data recovery software, but most of them are not free in charge, so I think you can try the Bitwar.
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Data recovery from dead hard drive is actually very difficult because it stops recognizing by the system. To recover data from the dead hard drive user need to send it to the data recovery company as it requires the professional hands to extract the lost data. Stellar is well known data recovery company who safely recovers data from the dead or inaccessible hard drive.

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I am a data recovery specialist and I do hard drive recovery. I also teach classes and have written 10 books on this subject. I can tell you from first-hand experiences this isn't an easy job and what they should you on YouTube can destroy all the chances you have of recovering your data for good. 

A hard drive can faile for a multitude of reason. Today the new technology in hard drives is very sophisticated which makes it even harder to recover the data on these drives. In the first models of hard drives, the drive would have one or two heads. In these cases, it was easier to change out a head stack to recover the date on the drive. When a head dies the hard drive makes a clicking noise. You will need a clean room to sway out the head stack so that no dust or dirt gets inside the drive. Furthermore, when a head crashes this can leave tiny scratches on the surface of the disk that can't be seen with your eye. You'll need special tools to examine the disk surface. You will also need the special tools to use to remove the heads and swap them out.

Other problems in a hard disk can result in corruptions in the SA or system area of the disk. This area is only accessed by special tools that can read the mods in the disk and determine which one is bad. You'll need to overwrite these mods with donor mods in order to get the disk to recognize again. You can also have issues with a ROM being corrupted on the PCB. This will take a special took to write the ROM back to the PCB so it can read the SA again and start the disk.

If you have a disk failure and it isn't as simple as a corruption in the master file it is best to seek professional help before you lose your data completely. 
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There are many cases of computer hard drive deaths due to various reasons, usually due to electrical shock. If that's the case, then you may be confused to get back the data stored on your hard drive. However, there are ways to back up and and restore data when the hard drive has problems and cannot be used anymore.

In the event of a dead hard drive, boot the computer as usual and insert the windows operating system disk into the computer. When the installation screen is displayed, select Repair your computer>System Recovery Options>Command Prompt. When the command prompt appears, type Notepad.exe. Notepad appears on the screen. Go to File>Save As. In the Save As dialog box, proceed to move the data to any folder you want.
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Don't worry. Even if the hard disk does not respond to you at all, unless corruption has occurred within the files, your files can be saved most of the time. If your files have backed up to a cloud service or that your photos are backed up to an external hard drive, it would be much easier to restore the files.

To recover files from the dead hard disk on your own, you'll need a bootable USB to start the computer with the bad hard drive. It will boot into the operating system on your bootable USB instead of your computer's operating system. Plug in another USB then, so you have someplace to save the files. Usually, the bootable USB will have file explorer like Windows Explorer. Open that and see if you can access your damaged hard disk with it. If you can find your files, you should now move them to your other USB or external hard disk.

Please note that if you are dealing with data that you absolutely cannot afford to lose, it would be best to seek professional help at professional data recovery services, where they have very expensive equipment and testing and dust-free environments, not the stop with a few broken computers with the USB you can create on your own. So the expense can be high.
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1. If the hard disk is physically damaged, then you will need to take it to a data recovery service. 

2. If the hard disk is still functional, but you cannot access the data, then you will need to connect the hard disk to a computer and use data recovery software to scan the disk for recoverable data. Popular data recovery software programs include Recuva, PhotoRec, and Prosoft Data Rescue.

3. If the hard disk is not detected by your computer, then it may have a corrupted file system or a damaged boot sector. You can use data recovery software to scan the disk and attempt to repair the file system or boot sector.
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To recover data from a dead hard disk, you can try the following steps:

Check the hard disk for physical damage. If the hard disk is making clicking or beeping sounds or if it has been dropped, physically damaged hard drives should not be handled by individuals without experience. You may want to seek professional data recovery services.

Connect the hard disk to another computer as a secondary drive. If the hard disk is not physically damaged, you can try connecting it to another working computer as a secondary drive and see if the data is accessible.

Use data recovery software. If the hard disk is not accessible as a secondary drive, you can try using specialized data recovery software to recover the data. These tools scan the hard disk for recoverable data and allow you to save it to another location.

Seek professional data recovery services. If the data is still not recoverable, you may need to seek professional data recovery services. They have specialized tools and techniques to recover data from damaged hard drives.

Note: The success of data recovery depends on the extent of the damage to the hard disk. If the disk is severely damaged, data recovery may not be possible.
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Download Disk Drill.

Select the dead hard drive and click Search for lost data.

Click Review found items once the scan has finished.

Mark your files for recovery by checking the tickbox next to each file. 

Specify a location where your recovered files can go.
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Create a bootable disk.

Warning: When you create a bootable disk, EaseUS Data Recovery Wizard will erase all data saved in the USB drive. ...

Boot your computer from the bootable USB.

Recover data from a crashed system/PC.

Rescan the disk.

Update the driver in Device Manager.
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