Boot up HDD RIP

It finally happened. I did not predict it, and I was foolish to think it would last forever. My hard drive for my OS has just died, and the last time I backed it all up was two years ago.

Any advice on data recovery, and don't say I told you so, because what's done is done. On the flip side, it finally gives me an excuse to buy a SSD card.

That reminds me, gotta backup for today.

Google it, you can always go to a computers store and they'll do the job for you for small charge, might be even for free if you'll buy new HDD from them.

Told you so.....lol couldn't resist.

As for Data Recovery, it's normally a two phase operation.

The first one can be done with most computer shops and it's based on a software level recovery. Not that expensive and if the HDD still works it's possible to recover some data.

Next phase is hardware based recovery in a data recovery lab, where they actually take the platters out and transfer it to a new HDD. This is expensive but necessary if you need the data.