Laptop-removing hard drive and backing up data

Your Laptop is broken, you need to remove the complete hard drive to back up the data. How it works and what you need to pay attention to, we will explain here.

Step 1: Material for data backup get

Notebook, unfortunately, is not the same Notebook. Almost every manufacturer uses different screws and placed the hard drive in a different place. Often you need special tools to get to the Inside of your laptop. Often a small cross-head screwdriver is sufficient. You will also need an Adapter so you can connect your hard disk after removal to another Computer and as a USB device to use.

You can use, for example, this screwdriver kit from Hama. So that you can open every common case.
Your hard drive then connect, you need this Adapter or use this USB Docking Station.

Step 2: Laptop open, and hard to remove

Now it goes to the Expansion of the data memory. The individual steps, see also below in our image gallery.

You can create a well-lit, clean and level work surface.
Before you get started, you should keep it short to a radiator and thus the earth. This will help to direct potential charges, and to prevent hardware damage.
Unscrew the screws from the cover of your laptop and you collect it in your clipboard.
Now you can remove the lid carefully, and next to her Notebook lay.
The hard drive is now open in front of you. Remove it slowly from the motherboard to avoid damage.
You have a very compact Notebook, it is now possibly even a little tricky, the hard drive from your Laptop stand out. You have done this, place the data store on your storage.
To protect exposed parts of your notebook against light and dust, you should replace the lid again.
Half of you behind. Now connect the adapter to the hard drive and connect it as a USB device to your second computer.

There is little space for the hard drive

Step 3: data with a Backup program back up.

After your computer has detected the hard disk as a removable medium, you can back up the data.
Recommended for this task is, for example, the program "Paragon Backup & Recovery 2014 Free".
Here you can select whether you are backing up the entire hard disk (backup) or only individual files you want to transfer.
Once the Backup is completed, you can install the hard drive back into the Laptop.

Step 4: data recovery with Recuva

Your hard drive has suffered damage and data lost, you can recover this using Recuva again.

Recuva you can in CHIP-download area, download and install it on your Computer. Also you will find a photo gallery, as you Recuva use.
After Installation, the recovery wizard will start again. Here you can select which file types you want to restore.
To browse your upgraded hard drive, click on "At a certain place".
Thus, the Scan is also really effective, you should put in the next step, check "deep scan".
Recuva lists all the found files.
Check the files you want to restore.
After clicking on the "recover" button, you will be prompted for a location to save the files.
After that Recuva is trying to reconstruct the broken Files. You have a bit of luck, you can use them again without restriction.