All About Hard Drive : From Backup To Extending Its Life

Automatically back up your hard drive - "When was the last time you backed up the important files on your computer? Last year when your best friend called in tears after the Blue Screen of Death ate her thesis?"

A detailed guide to Mac backup - ".. details the entire process of backing up a Mac, from planning a backup strategy to getting things back to normal after disaster strikes your primary drive."

The self-repairing hard drive - "..a batch script that takes disk maintenance to the next level by checking all your hard drives for errors, repairing any it finds, and then defragmenting."

How To Maximize Hard Drive Life - Defrag, use UPS and also make sure you have a backup of all your important stuffs.

How to recover lost files after you accidentally wipe your hard drive

• Recover the files to a separate hard drive.
• Recover the files to a networked storage drive.
• Recover the files to a separate partition on the same hard drive.
• Image the hard drive using a tool like ddrescue and recover files using only one partition.

Rescue files with a boot CD - "Few moments in computing are as heartbreaking as when you turn on your trusty PC only to receive that bone-chilling message: "Boot sector corrupt. Config.sys missing. Disk cannot be read. In other words, "You're screwed."" Dont worry, here's a solution to that problem.

Note: The above picture of the hard drive is courtesy of enricopalombaro.