8 Hilarious Hard Drive Disasters
If you have ever spilled something on your laptop or
dropped your digital camera, you can appreciate these amusing hard drive
disasters.
It is amazing what a hard drive can go through and still be salvaged. It seems
almost impossible to believe any data can be recovered from these disasters, but
shockingly, in many cases, it can. These hilarious stories illustrate what a
hard drive can endure.
One man reported that his laptop no longer worked and he could not turn the
power on. Once a technician arrived to pick up the laptop and bring it back for
repair, he found several holes drilled through the bottom. When the technician
asked the customer about the holes, the customer responded that he had the
laptop on his lap and it became hot, so he drilled the holes to cool it.
A customer brought in a laptop for
data
recovery service he claimed was broken and under warranty. He
needed several files saved on the hard drive that were the only copies he had
for his boss who was about to attend a business meeting with a multi-million
dollar client. When the tech looked at the laptop he saw tire marks across the
top of it and the screen was shattered. The employee accidentally left his work
laptop on the hood of his car and ran over it.
Once, a computer was brought in and a customer claimed whenever she turned it on
she received error messages and it would shut off. When a technician opened it
up he found dozens of candy wrappers shoved in through the floppy drive. It
turned out her son was sneaking candy and hiding the wrappers in the computer.
It was the birth of a couple’s first child and the new dad took dozens of
pictures of the beautiful event with the family digital camera. Upon arriving
home from the hospital, he was shooting the baby’s first bath and accidentally
dropped the camera into the baby tub. He had not yet downloaded any of the
pictures off of the memory stick and his wife threatened to divorce him if he
was not able to retrieve the pictures from this hard drive disaster.
A Psychology Master’s student had spent an entire semester researching and
writing her thesis. She saved all of the data and the thesis to her flash drive.
Before class one day her roommate asked her to feed the fish and without
realizing it, when she leaned over the fish tank the drive that she kept around
her neck went right into the tank, along with the only copy of her thesis that
had taken months to write.
Another school tale includes a student who wanted to impress a girl who was an
art major and class project partner. He purchased a can of bright blue spray
paint and sprayed his entire computer, including the screen and keyboard. He
thought this creative scheme would impress her but he was shocked when the
computer would not turn on after the paint job. The next day he picked up a
bottle of paint thinner and tried to remove the paint but it did not help. When
his partner came over to work on the project, she discovered that all of the
notes and work were saved on the newly painted computer. She was not impressed.
A customer called and said his laptop would not turn on after traveling abroad.
He brought in the grimy machine and set it on the table. The disk drive cover
popped off and a small bug scurried out. Once it was opened up it was discovered
roaches had moved in and infested the laptop. Workers took the entire device
apart to get all of the bugs out and were able to save the hard drive.
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Imagine dropping a laptop from hundreds of feet in the air. A high rise window
washer decided to bring his laptop to work with him to use while on a break. At
approximately 100 stories in the air he accidentally dropped it. Little did he
know his wife had saved most of their wedding pictures to the hard drive and the
disk they were on was still inside the laptop.
Even though these entertaining hard drive disasters seem hopeless to fix, it is
important to have your drive evaluated after any incident. Data recovery
technology today is cutting edge and even what you thought was impossible to
recover is possible to regain.
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