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Hello..just trying to understand if I have a chance to recover data from my western digital SATA 1.0TB external drive. The HP External drive faced a spike of electrical current that shot the box for power ... I have removed the WD drive connected to an adpater box to plug into my desktop computer thru USB...when plugged in I can hear the drive make noise and feel the vibration when holding but does not register on "my computer" drives screen on my desktop computer...do I have any chance to recover the files (mainly tv shows /movies and music) ???? Would R-Studio work in this case or since my computer cannot identify the drive it is worlthless??

thanks,
Fil

Does your computer see the disk in BIOS? If yes, chances for you to recover the files yourself do exist. If not, it's a work for a data recovery professional, and may be expensive.
For the first case, you may try R-Studio or R-Undelete. They should see the disk too. They're pay programs, but they let you test them before buying. See this topic for more details: What to do if I don't know if R-Studio can recover my files?

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I have a similar situation, but am not sure how my Western Digital drive should be identified in my BIOS--do you know what the WD drive's identifier in the BIOS should be?

Thanks for any info!

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I have a similar situation, but am not sure how my Western Digital drive should be identified in my BIOS--do you know what the WD drive's identifier in the BIOS should be?

It should start with WD and then a series of digits and letters.