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Mykezero

Any chance you could install Ubuntu on to a USB drive and boot up from that? Then, you should be able to access the data if the hard drive is still functioning. Here are the instructions for using Rufus to install Ubuntu to a USB drive: ubuntu.com/tutorials/create-a-usb-...

Afterwards, if you plug in the USB into the computer and it doesn't boot from it or it doesn't show the menu to select USB as the boot device, then you'll need to change your BIOS settings to set the boot order so that it boots from the USB first.

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Tawhid

I tried that but disks utility detect that the hdd has 4 gigs only