# Data Recovery HELP! **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 27, 2009, 9:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728 "2009-07-27T21:32:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 22
**Author:** ![Shady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@Shady](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shady)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2009, 11:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728/22 "2009-07-28T11:19:28Z")
> [@SyracuseStreetRacers.com](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/syracusestreetracers-com/20611/389): > > i don’t think the head crashed cause the system wasn’t hit or anything… i dunno we’ll find out tonight i guess. if all else fails i’ll send it out to a pro recovery firm. Doesnt matter… Prolong use of a hard drive, constant writeing/erasing of applications and files… being extremely fragmented and the ehad having to move back and forth can cause hard drive to wear prematurly also heat… I used to kill hard drives a few years back when my room was hot as fuck and i was constantly on my computer… Anyways… just saying the hard drive doesnt have to take a shock for the arm/head to go bad and perminently bend you over and fuck you in the ass --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/data-recovery-help/245728)._