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Rescuing files from a crashed disk

Make backups to be safe rather than sorry!

Oct. 16, 2018 -

Yesterday a young woman brought me her laptop, it didn't start anymore and it only showed an error message. It turned out to be a broken harddisk. It startled her when I told her that all data on the disk was lost. She told me it contained precious photos of her pregnancy and young child. What could I do?

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Opening the laptop to remove the disk
Opening the laptop to remove the disk
The disk is usually fixed using some tiny screws
The disk is usually fixed using some tiny screws
Detecting the
Detecting the "USB Mass Storage device", a sign of life from the disk!
Connect any harddisk to a computer using the chip and cables from a USB-harddisk enclosure
Connect any harddisk to a computer using the chip and cables from a USB-harddisk enclosure
A lease on life: the faulty harddisk connected to my laptop
A lease on life: the faulty harddisk connected to my laptop
Defective harddisk
Defective harddisk

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