One thing most hard drive manufacturers will not tell you: all hard drives, subject to normal conditions and use, will fail. In a lot of cases, it may take 3 years. In most cases, it can be less than 2 years.

Whatever the case may be, when your hard drive fails, whether it is on your PC, server or laptop, it is important to understand that professional hard drive data recovery is available.

Another point most computer companies rarely mention - the faster computers and servers get, the smaller they get (such as laptop or notebook computers) and the more advanced hard disk drives get, the more susceptible they are to physical damage and hard drive failure. This is because of the heat these devices generate, which often may result in the need for hard drive data recovery.

If you think you may need hard drive data recovery, consult this checklist:

1. Have you lost a few files, or is your computer not booting properly?
2. Has your hard drive made any buzzing or clicking noises?
3. When booting, does your computer see your hard drive, or instead provide you with a message like: I/O error?
4. What were you doing when you first encountered the data or hard drive loss?
5. Did you experience what many in the PC industry call "the blue screen of death"? If you had, what was the error message?

Once you have the answers to these five simple questions, you are ready to determine whether or not you need software-based, or physical hard drive data recovery. Our data recovery technicians answer the phone 24 hours a day, and can usually determine the root of your data loss within five minutes.