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Recover data from old hard drive

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Im trying to recover data from an old hard drive from a pc thats failed. The hard drive was the primary drive with the OS etc on it.

Ive plugged it in via usb to my laptop:
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The hard drive is not showing up on windows explorer:

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But it is recognized by the laptop:
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How can I go about recoving the data? Ive tried a few software programs like Stellar but they cant find anything.
 

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You could try a version of Linux to see if that sees the information on the drive if you are trying to retrieve the information.

What version of OS is on the HDD that you are trying to read and what version of windows are you using.

While in Drive Manager (if not retrieving data) have you tried to format the drive?
 
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