Like the name and type (Seagate model Blah)?

If you've got Ext HD setup where a cord blugs into the HD, and it's that input spot that's broken, generally one takes it in to a techie who pulls the actual drive out and puts it in a new case, you can typically do this yourself, if your not the sort who regards open tech devices and circuits with the same nausea and fear usually reserved open bodies, cases vary in prices, more than $10, google "Hard Drive Enclosures", they come in generic or go to your HD maker and get one fo the same type