Back up your Hard Drive

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Once the hard drive on your PC fails, you will realise the significance of backing up your data. Sooner or later all computer hard drives stop working. And I don’t need to tell you how precious your data is, because I’m sure you already know.

If you have not backed up your data and you truly need to get it from the failed hard drive, then your finest choice will be to hire a qualified data recovery specialist. This can be costly and if your hard drive is very badly broken it is not always guaranteed to deliver results. But if the data is valuable, it will be a much better option than fooling about with the hard drive yourself if you don’t have the right experience.

Keep in mind, a few significant things before you opt for the do-it-yourself data recovery option:

1. You will almost certainly void any warranties that you received with the hard drive
2. Never open the hard drives casing. Exposing it will cause even more damage
3. Make sure that you are grounded whenever you are working with any electrical apparatus, or else you may damage it further with static electricity

If you’ve taken these safeguards and you do not have the money to invest in a expert data-recovery specialist - read on.

First Step
Firstly, remove the hard drive from your laptop and plug it into a different PC. One that you know is working properly.
If you can observe the drive in Windows and access the drive from the other computer, it’s likely that you have a motherboard problem on the broken PC. However, take this chance to back up your hard drive at this time.

Second Step
If you hear a loud ‘wurring’ sound coming from the hard drive or maybe a ‘clicking’ sound it maybe that the disk itself is stuck and won’t spin. This means that the data can’t be read.

You may be able to temporarily get access to the data on the drive by freezing it. Freezing occasionally revives a stalling hard drive. Take the hard drive out and put it into a freezer bag. Make sure that the bag is correctly sealed or else condensation can get in and form ice crystals. This will further damage your hard drive even more. Leave the hard drive in there for 2 or 3 hours at most.

Now plug the hard drive back into the other laptop. Go to Windows and check to see if the hard drive shows up. If it does, then get that data off there as quickly as possible. Once the hard drive warms up, it may stop working again.

Third step
If you still can't get this hard drive to spin, then I'm afraid you are going to have to make a decision about how precious your data is. Because you are going to need a specialist to retrieve it. They will open up the hard drive and take out the disk by itself to obtain the data - something not usually possible in a
domestic environment. This service will almost certainly cost around £350 or $500 as you will need a new hard drive to store any recovered data onto.

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If you haven’t backed up your data and you really need to get it off the failed hard drive, then your best option will be to hire a professionalhard drive data recovery specialist. This can be expensive and if your hard drive is very badly damaged it’s not always guaranteed to deliver results. But if the data is valuable then it will be a much better option than fooling around with the hard drive yourself if you don’t have the right experience.

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