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rtcvb32: #1 way to kill laptop hard drives as i remember was to move/jostle it while it's active. Doesn't sound easy but when you're in a vehicle, or you put it down somewhat harshly while you get up to do something, yeah... In which case the head/arm actually gets damaged and not just wear/tear. Usually the CLICK CLICK CLICK is a hint of the problem.



Regardless, best thing would be to have a second drive, copy what file(s) you can, perhaps in a recovery mode if you can. Only worry about the most important files, then get a clean drive, install the OS and put the files back...

Curiously if people did regular backups this would probably be a lot easier...
And hell, backup tools are dead simple these days. Grsync or any number is "Point at folder A", pick settings, "Point at Folder B", and go.
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Darvond: And hell, backup tools are dead simple these days. Grsync or any number is "Point at folder A", pick settings, "Point at Folder B", and go.
They can be that simple. Although they were before too to a degree, the problem being the size of the media (like backup to floppy disk), or setting up the tool to collect the data you want to keep.

I made a few scripts, one that on a laptop takes regular snapshots (every 6 hours, though only 1 a day so the last one is kept); then with a script it looks at the snapshots and deletes unchanged files, turning form full to incremental. I'm sure there's a lot more i could do, but copying or burning the right files is pretty easy...