The external hard drive is a great way of backing up your data.
Data can be recovered from a damaged hard drive in a number of ways. Hard drives damaged through user error can have their data recovered through various programs. Otherwise a data recovery company can help.
To store data
overwriting data multiple times, rendering the data unusable ** "Shattering the hard drive platters with a a hammer" --> is the correct answer. The question is asking how do you "fully ensure data can't be recovered" - breaking it ensures this!
There are a number of ways one can save hard drive date. One can back up hard drive data on an external hard drive or it can be stored on cloud storage such as Google Drive. If one's computer is damaged then files from the hard drive can be recovered and saved using a USB universal drive adapter. This will allow one to read the files on another PC and then save them to that PC or transfer to a different device.
A hard disk drive can be recovered by taking it to a computer technician. The hard disk drive can also be recovered by using websites such as Ease US, or Crucial Data Recovery. These websites do, however, charge a fee.
to save failes and data in it
1. To avoid permanent data loss stop using your external hard drive. 2. Download a good recovery software like, Hetman Photo Recovery , Remo Recover or Stellar Phoenix Photo recovery software 3. Join your hard drive to computer. 4. Run the software 5. Scan hard drive with photo recovery program. 6. Save recovered files to another storage (not to you external hard drive, to avoid permanent data loss).
Purchasing an external hard drive would be the best and the most inexpensive way to backup your home data. You can purchase an external hard drive for around $70
One is able to get information on external hard drive data recovery on online websites such as YouTube where people have made videos about how to back up one's hard drive externally along with the website life hacker and 24 hour data.
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