When your hard drive crashes you are faced
with a number of laptop repair choices. The first thing you have to ascertain
is whether the crash is due to a physical malfunction or due to a simple
corruption of the hard disk.
If the malfunction is due to a simple
corruption, you should have few issues in getting the drive up and running
again. The first step in such a case is to recover your data. You should this
before anything else, because many of the methods used to recover your drive
might destroy your data. There are lots of recovery software on the market
today that can recover the data from even a corrupted hard drive.
You will need to slave your hard drive on to a
friend’s computer and install the recovery software onto his computer. Then you
can simply recover your data. Once your data is recovered, we can concentrate
upon restoring the functionality of your hard drive itself.
The first thing to
try if your hard drive is corrupted without physical damage is a simple format
of the drive. In many cases, the format will restore the drive, and will allow
you to reinstall the operating system and copy your data back onto the drive.
If this doesn’t work there are good many tools on the market that can help
correct these more serious issues.
However, if none of this works you must assume
that your drive is not possible to recover. You are now faced with the choice
of taking the drive to a laptop repair center, or of replacing the drive all
together. Many people would opt for a combination of these two options.
That is
to say they would take the drive to a service center, and if the technician
assured them that the drive was irrecoverable, they would then choose to
replace the drive altogether, but to do the installation themselves.
If you decide to replace your drive you should
be aware that it’s perfectly possible for you to carry out the replacement
yourself. First of all, of course, you need to acquire a new drive that is
compatible with your laptop. Now consult the user manual or service manual for
your computer, which is easily available from most manufacturers’ websites.
Following the instruction carefully, remove the old drive from your computer
and put the new one in its place. Remember to be especially careful when
disconnecting the main connector of the drive.
After the drive is installed you
will need to configure the wires to accept it, and then to reinstall your
operating system. As you can see, laptop repair for a failed hard drive is not
that hard to handle.
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