Good tip. I had a drive that was making a horrible noise. Replaced it that weekend (okay, I did wait until I had some time off). But the gist of it is: replace now, not later. After a day of watching it copy the old drive bit by bit, I had a new drive, no noise and the knowledge that had I waited perhaps even another day I would have lost years worth of data (I do back it up regularly, but you get the drift).
How dead is it? will it power up? I had a drive of my folks that windows wouldnt even see and this data recovery pro software got all the data off… good stuff.
Wise advice!!! it has happened to me…. grr…
Good tip. I had a drive that was making a horrible noise. Replaced it that weekend (okay, I did wait until I had some time off). But the gist of it is: replace now, not later. After a day of watching it copy the old drive bit by bit, I had a new drive, no noise and the knowledge that had I waited perhaps even another day I would have lost years worth of data (I do back it up regularly, but you get the drift).
How dead is it? will it power up? I had a drive of my folks that windows wouldnt even see and this data recovery pro software got all the data off… good stuff.
Truly… ever heard of a fella named Murphy? ;^)