| You turn on your PC, but instead of the familiar
Windows logo you see nothing. You think, "My hard
disk crashed!" You're frantic. Have you lost weeks of
work, hours of free time, and maybe even your job?
What do you do?
Don't panic. Sit back and take a deep breath. A blank screen or a failure to boot up doesn't always mean you have a crashed hard drive. Today's hard disks often outlast all other key PC components, and running system utilities unnecessarily or removing and reinstalling your hardware can do more harm than good.
If you get a "Boot disk failure" or "Operating system not found" error or "Blue Screen of Death" instead of a "Starting Windows" message, your PC can't load Windows from the hard disk. This may indicate a badly damaged drive. First of all let's determine whether you truly have a
"data recovery" situation on your hands. Okay, let’s begin:
Is your disk out of the computer?
- If it is an internal drive, remove it from the computer.
- If it is an external drive, remove it from the enclosure.
If you are a very experienced computer user, you can
"extract" it yourself. (For some laptops, even experts need several hours to remove a hard drive.)
After your drive is "out", do you feel comfortable testing it as a "USB" or a "SLAVE" with another computer? 99% of average PC-users would have no idea what the previous sentence is about. If you count yourself among these, please stop reading now and contact us
Rescue Your Data
Empire State Building
350 Fifth Avenue, 59th Floor
New York, NY 10018
866.460.4518
DataRecovery@RescueYourData.com
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