What was the damage?  If the disks won't spin, it's probably not worth 
trying to recover the data, unless you've got some extremely valuable 
data.  There are companies that specialize in recovery, but you wouldn't 
want to pay the tab.   They could remove the disks from one drive and 
install in a similar drive to try to recover the data, not a simple or 
inexpensive task.  Everyone should backup data files regularly, programs 
can always be reinstalled.  
Paul Hachmeyer

Linda Kuzyk wrote:

>Someone asked me this question.....I do not know the answer so I thought I would post it here.   An external hard drive fell and was damaged...not sure if the disks are spinning.  Can the data on the drive still be retrieved somehow?
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