hello a laptop hard disk has some problem, it makes sounds and does not boot in XP (it stays in the boot screen for hours) what can I do to safely and fully recover all the data? i was thinking somehow (via an adapter or something) to connect the drive to another pc/laptop, then produce an image of the problematic drive, then buy a new laptop drive, load the image on it, install the new drive to the problematic laptop is this the way to go? i am asking, because i really do not want to loose the data of that disk thanks