Can a hard drive crash if laptop is dropped?

Question by Summer-off: Can a hard drive crash if laptop is dropped? My friend dropped his laptop and know it wont go to windows screen. We did a test in the diagnostics screen. and it failed. So could it crash from being droped? here’s the thing i was able to go into safe mode but [...]

How can I retrieve pics from a hard drive that crashed?

Question by retarded genious: How can I retrieve pics from a hard drive that crashed? I’m running windows xp on that pc and I have another pc with windows xp on it. I have a windows xp disk also. The hard drive that crashed has pics of my son when he was a baby & [...]

two computer quesions?

Question by Kyle L: two computer quesions? 1. what do buffers and registers do? 2. What causes a “hard drive crash?” Best answer: Answer by coolair741: Nothing anymore, was used for DOS and Win 3.1 2: Hard drives crash due to age, heat, moisture, electrical shock, physical shock, being a moron, faultly hardware. Know better? [...]

Hard drive crash – data recovery possible?

Question by Isak Runefall: Hard drive crash – data recovery possible? I’m not sure this is the place but anyway, my computer was infected by a virus that “crashed” the HDD. It is not possible to revert Windows(7) to a previous date or even re-install Windows. Now, im just wondering if there is any kind [...]