data recovery from hard disk .. dropped my laptop on the floor .. help please?
I am in trouble. I dropped my laptop on the floor and now it won’t start. I had my college notes in it which I had been working on for 8 months. I was a fool to not have a backup for all those files. now I am in real trouble. I had stayed up all night for months working on the notes and now I think I have lost it all. when I tried starting the laptop it said ‘insert hard disk’ . so the hard disk has moved from it’s place, that’s okay but do you think the hard disk has been damaged and I have lost everything that was in it ? do you think i can still recover my data ?
It could be that your hard drive has simply come loose.
1. Read the owners manual on how to remove/replace the hard drive.
2. Turn the computer off and unplug everything!
3. DON’T REMOVE the hard drive, but PUSH ON IT to make sure that it’s plugged in securely. There is a plug on the back of the hard drive that plugs into the motherboard.
4. Replace the screws so that the hard drive is nice and snug.
5. Turn on the computer and see if it works. If it doesn’t.. then you"ll have to get it fixed.
6. The data from your hard disk CAN be recovered, but it’s very expensive.
7. WARNING - Tampering with your computer will render the warranty "NULL & VOID"
I’ve found a lot of cool information on Data Recovery, hopefully may help you:
http://the-hard-drive-data-recovery.blogspot.com