I'm not a data recovery wiz, though I'd kind of like to get there someday.
My old laptop stopped booting, I ripped the hard drive out and set it aside as a future project. Well, I finally plugged it in to my external enclosure and the results are less than I hoped for. Assuming the sound of the device in question may help determine the issue, I took a video. Maybe someone more experienced than I could point me towards a starting point to recovering the data, if possible? Any guides I see assume that I have a drive letter, and I don't.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/17NHUZYX09leAwJhgTiKD9Odw9Di6xU2y/view?usp=sharing

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https://youtu.be/ZA_Hmu-3yg8

Thanks for looking! Hi
the drive has a physical fault which you can't fix with software tools. You need a data recovery company specialists in opening drives and repairing head damage.   I was afraid that may be the case. As nice as it'd be to save my music projects, art, etc., its not thaaaat huge of a deal. What do you think the chances are of complete noob to pop it open and wiggle a few parts around, and be successful? It should be a good experience.

Thank you.No chance as it needs a head stack replacement before it will work and likely there could be plater damage as well.Not SURE what part of the US or the world you are in but the only place I have worked with that is successful with that sort of recovery without overcharging is called Electronic ER in El Cajon CA.  I have sent them probably 6 of these jobs over the years and RANGED from $600 - $1000.  Only one did not get recovered due to platter damage and they did not charge for it.  I have attempted recoveries at several other places and spent a lot more for recoveries that lost the filenames and folder structures :-(

I have since moved just south of Austin Tx so if anyone has any RECOMMENDATIONS out here it would be much appreciated.

Good Luck!