How to Recover a Damaged Disk

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Tip 1 - How to Recover a Dead Hard Disk

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Mai Liem | 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 ^[1]

Tip 2 - Data recovery from damaged external hard disk

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by KINGTA | permalink

can somebody tell me how to recover data from a damaged external wd hard disk :cry:

For further reading: http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/292822-32-data-recovery-damaged-external-hard-disk ^[2]

Tip 3 - Hard Drive Recovery Tips

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Arion Meier | 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/ ^[3]

Tip 4 - How To Repair Damaged CD’s Or DVD’s & Recover Data

Published: 9 years, 5 month(s) ago | Submitted by Axel Wessels | permalink

CD and DVD are fragile media. A few scratches here and there and they can easily become coasters on your table. I have had plenty of them myself. Let's just look at some of the ways to repair damaged CD's and DVD's and recover data from those spoilt CD/DVD's. Anatomy of scratches Scratches that are…

For further reading: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-repair-and-recover-data-from-damaged-cds-or-dvds/ ^[4]