Usually, one makes a backup as a precaution, before the original is damaged or lost. If you damaged the disk, you might lose data on it if the copy fails now.
If Windows on the affected PC starts normally when you don't connect this drive, all is fine. Otherwise you'll have to do some repairs. I'd start with Startup Repair and see what happens. A total reinstall (if you don't have a good image backup) is the last resort.
Kees
I know it was stupid and you don't do that, but I did it. I was copying some files and I had the hdd outside of the case. I took it in my hands and accidentally touched the circuit board. Everything froze and stopped working. I restarted the pc and it couldn't boot. I kept getting an error.. which code i can't remember... It said that this happens when you disconnect a usb, cd etc. while working and that I should remove the unnecessary drives and reboot.
Now I plugged it in another pc and I'm trying to backup some files and It's copying very slow.. After that I want to format the windows partition and reinstall windows.
Will that help or did I do permanent damage?
What else should I do?

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