{"id":220,"date":"2021-12-13T22:43:48","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:43:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/?p=220"},"modified":"2021-12-13T22:43:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T22:43:48","slug":"3-warning-signs-of-hard-drive-failure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/3-warning-signs-of-hard-drive-failure\/","title":{"rendered":"3 Warning Signs of Hard-Drive Failure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p> If the Blue Screen of Death has darkened your door (or screen\u2026) does this mean you\u2019ve lost your data forever?  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Symptoms Before A Hard-Drive Failure<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Overheating<\/strong> &#8211; If you find your laptop\u2019s running hot, try getting a Heat Shift pad to help lower the temperature.<\/li><li><strong>Noises<\/strong> &#8211; If you\u2019re hearing strange noises, there might be dust trapped in the fan. Clean the fan with a dust blower or replace the fan to cool your laptop.<\/li><li><strong>Clicking or Grinding<\/strong> &#8211; STOP what you\u2019re doing and use a 3rd-party tool like Crystal Disk Info (PC) or Drive DX (Mac). Start the program and if it lists your drives as anything but \u201cGood,\u201d back-up your data immediately.\u00a0<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once your data is backed-up, consider replacing your drive with an SSD &#8211; it\u2019ll last longer and may speed up your computer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> If, unfortunately, your hard-drive is beyond repair, whatever you do, DON\u2019T\u00a0 leave your sensitive data at a recycling center! Here\u2019s what to do next: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Use Ship n Destroy<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have safe and EASY procedures to safely and securely destroy your hard drives, solid state drives, and smart devices with our simple Ship-n-Destroy process. Quick, easy and affordable in our NAID-certified facility. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/shipndestroy.com\">https:\/\/shipndestroy.com<\/a><br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the Blue Screen of Death has darkened your door (or screen\u2026) does this mean you\u2019ve lost your data forever? Symptoms Before A Hard-Drive Failure Overheating &#8211; If you find your laptop\u2019s running hot, try getting a Heat Shift pad to help lower the temperature. Noises &#8211; If you\u2019re hearing strange noises, there might be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/3-warning-signs-of-hard-drive-failure\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-220","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":221,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220\/revisions\/221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.shipndestroy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}