eFor computer forensic experts are able to recover your critical files from:

• Hard Drives
• Video
• Photographs – Digital Pictures
• Quicken
• Quick Books
• Thumb Drives
• Memory Cards

If you work with digital media you will at some point have to deal with the corrupting of files or crash of your hard drive. The following is a list of steps to take to ensure you preserve what you can from the media.
 
If the hard drive is making a “clicking” sound, most likely that is going to be a true hardware problem. The platter or disk has come into contact with another component. You will need the services of a computer forensics data recovery operation with a clean room so the drive can be rebuilt.
 
Before touching anything inside the computer, you want to ground yourself and remove any possibility of discharging static electricity onto the hard drive. You can touch any metal part of the frame of the computer. There are also bands that you can wear on your wrist to eliminate this static discharge.
 
Carefully remove the screws holding the hard drive in its location inside the computer. Remove the ribbon and the power cord from the hard drive. Make note of the jumper settings between the ribbon and the power cord.
 
Carefully put the drive into a non-static bag for transportation to its final destination. Seal the bag with tape, put your initials and date on the outside.