Broken hard returned to apple by service provider when asked not too because I wanted the opportunity to recover data
I took my mac into a service provider in turkey with a broken hard drive. I asked the not to return the hard drive right away in order for me to recover the data. They dis not listen and returned it. It has only been posted a day ago is there anything i can do to get it back?
Thanks in advance,
Zara
That's what the Apple Store and resellers do: they keep your hard drive but it's not used. If you didn't recover anything from the hard drive, ask them to return your hard drive because you asked them to do it before being your hard drive replaced. If they refuse, contact with Apple > http://support.apple.com/kb/HE57
Anyway, you should have done this before taking it
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