I am trying to retrieve data from a HDD that was inside a computer whose MOBO sustained a hit of lighting and fried.

I plugged in HDD to power supply and smoke immediately appeared.

Any ideas...

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I am pretty computer savvy and I would like to try to retrieve data from a HDD. The MB of the old system was hit by lightning.

My thoughts on the recovery process are as follows:

If the HDD...