i had a power surge to the hd and it wont spin up and the circut board on the bottom heats up and i was wondering since i need the data on that drive cause it was my back up drive for my work.. would it be possible to buy the same drive and replace the circut boards since thats what took the power surge
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Some work, some don't. Best case, you salvage it. Worst case , you have 2 dead.
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