Certain factors make laptop data recovery a different proposition compared to typical data recovery scenarios. First is the increasing use of laptops in all kinds of situations, such as airport lounges, public transport vehicles, planes, beaches and all the other places you can think of. Second is the surprising variety of situations that can lead to laptop data loss, from backing your cover over them to dropping them into the ocean from a helicopter. Third is the absence of backup data because laptops tend to be used in locations and situations where backup tends to be overlooked. Next is the small size of the drives and components packed into the limited space in the laptop.