4PCTechs.com Blog http://www.4pctechs.com/blog Experts in PC, Laptop & Printer Repair, Data Recovery, Virus Removal, Computer Upgrades, and Home & Office Wireless Networking Sat, 09 Apr 2011 17:19:05 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 What to do when your hard drive crashes http://www.4pctechs.com/blog/2011/01/15/what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-crashes/ http://www.4pctechs.com/blog/2011/01/15/what-to-do-when-your-hard-drive-crashes/#comments Sat, 15 Jan 2011 21:52:37 +0000 4PCTechs http://184.168.232.124/?p=1 Continue reading →]]> When you experience a data loss situation, it is extremely important that you do not act hastily to try to resolve the problem. Doing so can make matters worse and could result in the complete and permanent loss of your data. If you don’t understand what is happening with your system, don’t do anything but seek the advice of a hard drive recovery professional.

If your drive is making any unusual noises such as clicking, grinding or metal scraping turn it off immediately! This condition typically indicates a head crash and major media damage. Hard disks spin at a high rate of speed, anywhere from 3,200 to 10,000 revolutions per minute. Extensive damage can occur in a short period of time if a drive is left running, making the data irretrievable. In this situation it is best to turn off the system, remove the drive and take it to a hard drive recovery professional.

If you’ve accidentally deleted files and emptied the Recycle Bin or Trash can, don’t install any software or save additional files to your drive. Doing so may permanently overwrite the deleted items. If you are in the middle of a project when you discover files are missing, or you believe they have been deleted, save the current project to a CD, DVD or another storage device. Don’t write, install software, or save anything to the drive where the missing files were located.

If you are tempted to use a commercial utility software such as Norton Utilities, and would like to attempt recovery on your own, you might render your data completely unrecoverable.

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