If you believe your hard drive is failing: Turn it off. Do not continue to start/boot it up or continue to power it on.
Avoid subjecting the hard drive to static electricity. Hard drives are extremely sensitive and can be damaged severely making data retrieval impossible.
Never ignore a noisy hard drive or disc boot errors.
Do not, tap, hit or drop your hard drive.
Regardless of what you've heard do not put your hard drive in the freezer.
Never run data recovery software.
Never open your hard drive yourself.
Place hard drive in an anti-static bag and be sure to pack it well to prevent impact damage during shipping/transport.
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