Having good backup strategies, and backup schedules set is critical to ensure information, your data is protected from corruption and data loss. As you already know, since you are on this page,, hard drives DO fail, hard drives DO NOT last forever.

 

 

Laptop hard drives have the highest failure rate mainly due to:

1 - Mobility of laptops, one to many bumps or drops and your hardrive is non functional.

2 - Pro-longed excessive 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 hard drive(s) and other hardware.

I have replaced approx 30 laptop hard drives in the last 6 months, compared to 4 desktop hard drives in the last year.

 

 

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. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard Drive Diagnostics (Minimum Fee) $35. Hard drive diagnostics fee is waived if data can be recovered.

  

If your hard drive has an internal mechanical failure, does not power on, completely failed, I cannot revover the data.

Hard Drive diagnostics tests will determine if drive has completely failed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For Windows 98, Windows XP,

Windows Vista and Windows 7 Operating Systems 

 

 

 

The only other option on a completely dead hard drive is a Specialized Data Recovery Service. These Specialized Data Recovery Services around the USA charge $600-$2000++ for Data Recovery on mechanically failed hardrives. These services specialize in dis-assembling and recovering data off destroyed, damaged hard drives. Type companies that recovered data off the Space Shuttle that blew up in the air years ago over California, and they found one of the hard drives in the desert,,burned and banged up. These Specialized Data Recovery Services use what they call a "Clean Room",  a lab enviroment for this type of hard drive dis-assembly and data recovery. If normal air hits a open hard drive,, your data is gone, not recoverable.