There are lots of things which happen to our hard drive. This part of the computer is most prone to failure and it is the most important part of the computer. Hard drive is used to store valuable information and we may consider it as a heart of the computer system. Hard drive failure can occur due to either logical crash or due to physical crash. So what should we do when our hard drive has suddenly crashed? This depend on failure which has truck our hard drive.

If the hard drive spins and suddenly it stops then this going to lead to the corruption of hard drive and loss of the data. If these things happen to your hard drive then you should follow these steps which will help you to recover your data and move your data form old hard drive to new one before it dies.

• If you are using and IDE drive, you should check that cable is properly connected. If it has become worn then you should not hesitate in replacing because it might cause a short circuit in the cable
• Try using any boot disk to check the drive, if it is still readable then try to immediately transfer all the data to the new drive.
• Some times Bad sector on the hard drive present may lead to hard drive failure. You should download the HDD generator to find out the bad sector and recover it.
• If the hard drive cannot boot then try data recovery software to recover the lost files.

If the hard drive is not spinning at all then you should try some of these suggestions. You should avoid tapping the hard drive, removing the cover or exposing the head. As this will leads to loss of data and making to impossible from recovery.

• You should hold the hard drive in your hand and try to rotate the platter several times with great speed, make sure that you should not hit the hard drive with anything. Rotating the hard drive removed static friction which has stopped the platters from spinning.
• You can also try out attaching your hard drive to power supply. Due to high voltage the hard drive get a jerk and spin for the last time enable you to recover the data.
• You can also try the freezer technique, although its not very efficient but some times it works. Wrap your hard drive into the plastic bag and put it into the freezer for several hours. Hope this make the hard drive spins.
• If nothing helps you out then you should consult the data recovery service company for hard drive recovery.

Data recovery service is an expensive method of getting back the lost data. Data recovery service is carried out in the Class 100 Clean Room where with the indigenously designed tools platter transplantation is done in case of spindle motor problem.

To avoid this from happening again in the near future, you make back-ups of all data stored plus take care of your hard drive properly.