- Jan 26, 2014
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I was using my desktop computer that is a few years old when I accidentally bump the tower (while running) while checking the connection on a DVD drive cable. All the sudden I hear a loud, terrible grinding sound coming from the computer, and I immediately pull the plug. I suspect the worst, the hard drive is probably shot. I unplug the dvd drive from the power supply just in case, wait a few minutes, and re boot the computer. I hear the hard drive whirring up to speed like normal, only to be followed by the loud grinding sound, so I again immediately unplug the computer. I'm almost 100% sure the sound IS coming from the hard drive, and I am just wondering if the computer would be safe to boot up to immediately make a backup of it, or if that would rip the hard drive platters to shreds. There wasn't anything too important on the computer like taxes or documents or anything, I just used it for playing minecraft, but I would like to keep the stuff on there if at all possible. I'd like to avoid paying for a professional hard drive recovery service, but I'm not sure if it is okay to boot the computer up to make a backup in the state its in.
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