PIN Hardrive Answer Needed

[Avron]

Ok, Lets say some pins on a hardrive get broken, its it possible to fix them or somehow get the data of that hardrive an any way?

 

[Ruptga]

I assume you mean a power pin, like for a molex, and in that case yes you can, you just have to know how to solder well, or know someone that does. If you mean a data pin, I have no idea, but I imagine the drive is gone.

 

[sjandrewbsme]

I have broken pins on a HDD before and fixed it (on the 40 pin connector). Depending on which pin it is it might only be for activating the HDD light and might not affect data transfer. I had an older IDE IBM drive that would not light up the HDD light. After hunting for hours and changing boards, I noticed that I had snapped a pin off.

I took an old other IDE drive and soldered a pin from it onto the PCB of the IBM drive. If you are skilled with a soldering gun (or pencil) and have a spare pin, I know this can be done.

If it's the 4 pole power connector this would be even easier to fit in a similar fashion.