How to Repair Hard Drive Crashes

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Tip 1 - Raising the dead: Can a regular person repair a damaged hard drive? | ExtremeTech

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

Having a hard drive die without warning will ruin anyone's day. It certainly ruined mine -- but here's what I learned about data recovery in the process of trying to fix my own hardware.

For further reading: http://www.extremetech.com/computing/133294-raising-the-dead-can-a-regular-person-repair-a-damaged-hard-drive ^[1]

Tip 2 - Hardware Tricks: How to Not Fix a Crashed Hard Drive

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

For further reading: http://www.anandtech.com/show/7330/hardware-tricks-how-to-not-fix-a-crashed-hard-drive ^[2]

Tip 3 - How to Recover a Dead Hard Disk

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by mrmoo 06 | 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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Tip 4 - How to Recover Data from a Crashed Hard Drive - TheTechMentor.com

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Jeff Slate | 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 - Hard Drive Recovery Tips

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by 47 Sunset | 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/ ^[5]

Tip 6 - How To Diagnose And Fix A Dead Hard Drive To Recover Data

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

Several years ago, I experienced a hard drive failure. I was at work when my laptop suddenly started to act particularly strange. First, I thought it was because I had too many windows open and the RAM was full, but when the problems persisted after a reboot, I knew it was more than that. I…

For further reading: http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/how-to-diagnose-and-fix-a-dead-hard-drive-to-recover-data/ ^[6]