I need help with my laptop corrupting some of my files in my hard drive disk! Please help :(

TheCapo26

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So yesterday I was looking through some familiar pictures and videos I have on a specific folder on my laptop, when them dumb of me, holding the laptop, accidentally dropped it to the ground. It slipped right out of my hands. It wasn't a big hit, at least it did not feel like it was, it just hit just one corner. I picked it up and the computer was frozen, but I was not too concerned about that, so I held the power button for a hard reset. After I turned it on, everything was working fine and normal, until I started checking some of the files and I noticed that I could not open them and some were corrupted, and I don't know any way of getting them back. Please help! I really need those files! Thanks :)
 
Hi there TheCapo26,

My suggestion would be to back up all the data stored on the drive ASAP, as it could be failing.
After that, you can run disk check and see if the files would be still damaged.

Another thing you can do is to run some testing and see whether and what is wrong with the drive: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/forum/282651-32-best-diagnostic-testing-utility

Let me know how this goes,
D_Know_WD
 
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