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by Tedybare on November 4th, 2009
Taking the previous answer in to account (he is right on the money with it) Don't forget to look at a back up solution for important documents. Hard drives crash all the times for various reasons...I would mark this one down as really lucky!
by HasntBeen on November 4th, 2009
You're probably OK -- a crash due to violence is often just going to scratch one section of the disk. If you reinstalled the operating system, it would likely check the disk and mark those sections unusable, so it works around them. There's no reason to believe you have permanent mechanical damage to the drive other than the scratches on the magnetic surface.
If you're nervous, open a command prompt and type "chkdsk c: /f" to force a check of the entire drive. When you reboot, it will take a long time but perhaps allay anxieties.
How often do you clean your computer hard drive?
by XT on October 5th, 2011
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Hard Drive disappeared, then came back. What happened?
by jaykole on October 1st, 2011
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How do I set up a password for my Verbatim 500 GB External Hard drive? I bought it about 2 years ago, and it's a 2.0 USB.
by niffij on August 27th, 2011
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Is there a large-capacity external HDD on the market with a USB *socket* on it, for evacuating the contents of a flash drive into it?
by jaykole on October 12th, 2011
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Help! My external hard drive will not connect to the computer/show up in my computer. Please read description.
by Echo141 on July 1st, 2011
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You're reading I have a Dell Vostro 1500. I dropped it harder than usual, and the next time I turned it on the OS wouldn't load. Hard drive crash. I reinstalled everything, it finally took. Questions...will the hard drive crash again? Should I get it looked at by a pro?
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Agreed... a backup system is worth many hard drives :)
by HasntBeen on November 5th, 2009