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burlmart
Explorer
Jul 20, 2014

No excuses, no backup, but would like to recover HD data

We bought a Dell Inspiron 3520 & Win 8 about 15 months ago at BB. 320Gb hard disk (Samsung SATA) failed. Never had this happen before, so never made the W8 backup disks to get reinstall OS on a ne...
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Admin
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Jul 20, 2014
Last ditch try :E

Put it in a ziplock bag,
Put that into another ziplock bag
Put it in the freezer for a few hours.

See if it works, you got one shot and be ready to do whatever you need to do.

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