Dead Harddrive

[Syla5]

Hi, i am a bit of a tech noob, however i have been advised that the harddrive from our laptop is dead.

Replacing the item is not a problem, all the stuff on the drive however is.

Is it possible to get the data off the drive at all? what is the best way to go about trying to get the data off?

also what information can i provide to help people answer this question?

Please bear with me on the techie side of this, but any help or advise would be great.

 

[Syla5]

I will dig out the make/model of drive when i get home. The drive has been looked at by someone who has advised that the drive itself is dead. He booted the laptop from an independant HDD with an OS present and the original laptop drive wont even spin up apparently.
So the laptop is fine but the HDD is not