Every hard drive will die a quick and sudden death sooner rather than later. What happens after that death can be very important to your data and become the deciding factor in its survival. I will display the inner workings of a hard drive in a beautiful animation and discuss the successes and failures in rebuilding a hard drive and recovering the data. I will teach you what to look for and how to accomplish this task on your own so you might be able to recover your own data without sending it to an expensive recovery house. We will delve into the platters and heads to show you when there is a good probability of success. The animated presentations will make it clear how a hard drive works and how you can save your data and your money!