DIY hard drive recovery

[usn90]

I had a laptop go bust a few years ago due to being dropped, it was fine for a while but then died.

I had quite a lot of photos on there I’d like to recover but not wanting to throw money at it

I did have a half ass attempt, I bought an external to plug the faulty HD into and ran a free recovery software at it, I did get a little bit back but not much.

I’m not tech savvy in this way, and last time I just had google, I’m thinking if there’s any members on here able to give me some tips I may stand a better chance

[dudleybloke]

I always used recuva to recover data and it did the job very well.
And it's free.

[Davie_GLA]

Recuva might do the job depending on how broken it is.

And, obligatory hindsight etc but get signed up for some online storage. Cheap as chips and takes this problem away, mostly.