One of the common methods to retrieve precious data is to remove the hard drive from your laptop and insert it into an external enclosure, a device which can be purchased from stores. External enclosures can connect the hard drive to a working computer via USB cable. If you are successful in browsing through your hard drive, then you can now transfer your files either to another external hard drive or to the computer you are working at. Be prepared to wait for many hours if you have large files. When the transfer is done, close the window to your hard drive. The good thing about this is that your hard …