How to Perform Hard Drive Data Recovery

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Tip 1 - How to Recover Data When Your Hard Drive Goes Belly Up

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Christopher Savoie | permalink

Imagine this: you're busy working on your computer and need to access documents saved on your external hard drive. You connect it, get ready to find your data, and...nothing happens. Your hard drive isn't working. Uh oh. Before you panic, there are several things you can try on your own before calling in the pros.
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For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/5982339/diy-data-recovery-tricks-for-when-your-hard-drive-goes-belly-up ^[1]

Tip 2 - Hard Drive Recovery Tips

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Vineet Chaudhary | permalink

If the components in your drive are still functioning, you can recover the data yourself. If there's mechanical damage, send it to the pros. PM's complete guide to getting your files back.
Tags: hard drive recovery, hard drive data recovery, how to recover hard drive data

For further reading: http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/gadgets/how-to/a3086/hard-drive-recovery/ ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Recover a Dead Hard Disk

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Pierre Ljungberg | permalink

Your hard drive just stopped working. It never made any odd sounds like screeching, popping, or clicking, and it didn't crash. It just quit and it has some priceless data that isn't backed up to another device. This guide may help you...
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For further reading: http://www.wikihow.com/Recover-a-Dead-Hard-Disk ^[3]

Tip 4 - How to Recover Data from a Crashed Hard Drive - TheTechMentor.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by kiddo | permalink

The complete guide on how to recover data from a crashed hard drive.

For further reading: http://www.thetechmentor.com/posts/how-to-recover-data-from-a-crashed-hard-drive/ ^[4]

Tip 5 - Failed Hard Drive Data recovery

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Len Rishkofski | permalink

I had a hard drive failure on a HP Pavilion DV6-2190us. It seems the file allocation has been damaged. I was able to plug it in externally and even though it took a while the computer eventually recog

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/291562-32-failed-hard-drive-data-recovery ^[5]