I lost data on a Hard Drive some years ago, where (in simple terms) the File Allocation Table or Master File Table became corrupted, and all the files became 'lost'.

Initially it looked like a total failure, but I managed to recover nearly everything with a program called Active@ File recovery

Your failure might be more catastrophic, but don't let your repairman throw the disk out. Maybe, just maybe...

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