yes most times
but we move it to 2nd PC in USB dock and try.
using RECUVA (free) (saved some mine for a fact)
https://www.pcdied.com/HDD-SDD/recovery.html
imagine a newspaper
burned to ashes, no data there! then
now pretend only some pages or holes burn some, yes data but not all.
that is how HDD work, dead or 1/2 dead or fractions
even 1/2 of one fail gone.
if smart tests fail, on the drive run RECUVA on bad drive on 2nd good PC.
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