Lightspeeds Home Computer Repair Augusta GA
Hardrive Repair Replacement & Hard Drive Data Recovery Services
Having good backup strategies, and backup schedules set is critical to ensure information, data is protected from corruption and data loss. How important is All your data? Your documents, family pictures, email contacts, tax information, business information, customers, billing, invoicing etc. Do you have a backup of all this important information?
Hardisks WILL fail, hardisks do have a general lifespan and they will not last forever. Laptop hardrives have the highest failure rate mainly due to: 1 - mobility of laptops, one to many bumps or drops and your hardrive is dead, 2 - heat within the laptop computer. Desktop computers are stationary, usually do not move, and there is more room within a desktop computers case for air circulation and cooling around the hardrive(s). I have replaced more damaged hardrives in laptops over desktop systems.
Computer viruses can destroy, erase data, overwork, damage the hardrive and the operating system. Power surge, static discharges, excessive heat, a magnet, or a sudden drop can damaged a hardrive. "Overworked" hardrives, fragmented drives, disk errors, viruses will overwork the drive causing more heat and shorten life span of the hardrive. Never upgrade any system without a verified backup.
If your drive is making clicking, grinding or whirring sounds, shut down your computer immediately. These sounds could be the read/write heads hitting or scraping the platters. Severe or complete data loss could result. Shut down the computer to avoid further damage to the drive and its data.
*** Erased Deleted File Recovery ***
*** Hardrive Data Recovery ***
*** Formatted Hardrive Data Recovery ***
Hardrive Data Recovery Service $149
If your hard drive has an internal mechanical failure,
and the data cannot be recovered, there is a $35 minimum for the attempted data recovery
Specialized Data Recovery Services around the USA charge $600-$3000 for Data Recovery on mechanically failed hardrives.
These services "specialize" in recovering data off destroyed, damaged hard drives.
External USB hardrives are relatively cheap these days, and easy to setup. Just about all external hardrives come with automated backup software that can be easily setup, and scheduled to perform automatic backups, protecting your computers data and your important information - documents, family pictures, email contact lists, program settings, business information, etc. Keep in mind, that even external hard rives can fail also though. If your external drive is kept on the desk, stationary and plugged into a surge protector there is a good chance of it lasting for quite sometime.
There are services on line that store can your data also.
These services above are relatively cheap, data encrypted, easy and automatic.
The ideal backup scenario is to use an external drive along with a "hard copy" on DVD's or CD's.
And if your not sure how to setup, Lightspeeds Computer Repair
can assist, and set a data backup plan & schedule for you, and your computer!
Failed Bad Hard Drive?
Hard Drive Replacement Installation & Operating System Installation
$95 Total
(New Hard Drive Extra)
Includes New Hard Drive Installation, Operating System Re-Installtion
Hardware Drivers Installed, Updating Operating System With Microsoft
And FREE Anti Virus / Anti Spyware Security Software
95% of the time IF you are seeing these types of errors on boot / startup:
"Boot Error"
"Boot Drive Error"
"No System Disk Found"
"Smart Drive Test Error Failed"
"Startup Error, Check Cable"
It is usually a sign that your hard drive is failing, or has gone bad completely.