Whether you’re buying a new laptop or fixing an old one, one thing you’re probably very conscious of is price. But do you really know how all that money you’re spending gets allocated? And for that matter, what IS the most valuable part of your laptop? Is it the screen? Maybe it’s that super expensive Intel processor you bought? Or is it something else entirely…
If you said ‘DATA!’ then you’re probably right. At LaptopMD, the most distraught customers we see are those with data loss. Whether it’s family photos, your iTunes collection, or Excel spreadsheets for work, we often don’t realize how valuable our data is until we lose it. This leads me to another good point:
BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!
If you aren’t backing up all of your valuable data in at least one place NOT on your laptop’s hard drive then you’re at risk! Backing up your data is the best way to avoid that sharp twang in your stomach when you realize your vacation pictures from the last two years are gone for good. That being said, when presented with data loss you almost always have data recovery options available to you. It’s not cheap though, and you can end up paying anywhere from $99-$2500 depending on the level of damage.
A hundred bucks can get you some basic software solutions for bringing your data back. If you’ve got any kind of physical damage or platter damage though, you’re looking at the $1000+ solutions. Imagine a clean room with giant machinery built specifically to read data off dissected hard drives. They’ll take the data plates out, soak them in patented aqueous solutions and recover every 1 and 0 they can. Yeah, it’s intense.
While it’s typically the corporate clients who NEED those lost documents that opt for the pricey, extreme solutions, there’s one practice that can help everyone. Have I mentioned it before?
BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP!
As much as we love your business, we’d prefer to be selling you external hard drives instead of telling you your data is toast. That being said, I think I’ll end on a shameless plug. J If you DO experience any data loss, we are here to help! Bring your laptop in and we’ll get back any and everything that is physically possible.