subject: Physical Damage to the Media and Hard Drive Recovery Services [print this page] Physical Damage to the Media and Hard Drive Recovery Services
Whether it is a desktop or a laptop computer, hard disk is the primary storage media. Moreover, though, many storage devices, including external drives, pen drives, ZIP drives, CD, DVD etc, are available in the market, hard disk still holds its importance as the major storage device. Furthermore, as the external media are more portable, they are considered more prone to data loss and people used to store their valuable data in their system hard drives for the sake of its safety. In addition to this, many users consider hard drives as the permanent storage of data and plans to keep data for a longer period. However, with usage, failure of the hard drive can never be nullified and you tend to loose your valuable data with it. Here comes the technology of advanced hard drive recovery, with which you can be able to recover your data back.
In general, a hard disk consists of several electro-mechanical and magnetic components inside it, sch as the head, platter, PCB, motor etc. A small problem with any of these components can hamper the smooth functioning of the hard disk leading to the loss or inaccessibility of data. The reason can be anything, ranging from any application malfunction, virus/malware attack, firmware corruption or any severe physical damage to the disk due to mechanical component failure, power surge, heat, flood, fire etc.
Some of the most possible cases of data loss in a hard drive:
- The system does not boot at all and prompts to restart every time you try to boot it.
- While booting, the system shows the Blue Screen Of Death and fails to boot further.
- The hard disk of the computer is not detected by the system BIOS.
- When powered on, either makes clicking noise or remains completely silent.
- The chips or connectors of the hard disk are severely damaged due to electric surge or any drop/hit.
Under all the above situations, users tend to experiment with the troubled hard drive and by doing so deteriorate the chances of recovering the data from it. In order to avoid loosing the valuable data from the damaged or inaccessible hard drive, you must not try to perform hard disk data recovery on your own or through any inexperienced service provider. Moreover, you may never try to open the troubled hard drive and try hard disk repair, as by doing so, the dust particles in the ordinary environment may go within the head and the platter leading to permanent loss of data.
Hdd data recovery is strictly a scientific process and need to be performed by experienced hard drive recovery professionals. Furthermore, the physically damaged hard disk should only be opened inside CLASS 100 Clean Room labs.
Note: A CLASS 100 Clean Room lab is a scientifically controlled environment, where less than 100 dust particles of size below 0.5 microns are present.
