Is it possible to repair or read data from a hard drive after an impact (photo)?

Question

Iron

Not that I really need it, but it's interesting.

Answer 1

You have reduced the chances of recovering any data by opening the disk.
If you really need these photos, prepare 10-20 thousand for an attempt.

Answer 2

There are special devices that read RAW from pancakes, then with the help of special software all this is decrypted. Having opened the jar, you reduced the possibility of recovery to almost zero and the cost to cosmic proportions (it is not small anyway). In short, the data is irretrievably lost.

Answer 3

Maybe it's a matter of price. Repair, of course, too, the only question is the rationality of this.

Answer 4

Is the dark circle a scratch? Well, not the whole disc is scratched, the reading didn't "go" beyond the scratches, so it wasn't scratched any further.
Nothing terrible will happen from opening an already faulty disk, blowing off dust and removing dirt (for example, from fingers) is clearly not a problem for people who recover data.