subject: Hard Drive Damage After An Earthquake [print this page] Hard drives are highly sensitive devicesHard drives are highly sensitive devices. They have a whole lot of components fitted into them. These parts are the main 'foundations' on which our systems run. A failure of any part could cause permanent damage to the data stored in our systems or worse could cause permanent loss of the same. Most users today are careful and take all the necessary precautions to ensure that the hard drive is 'healthy' and in perfect condition. Simple precautions like making sure it is away from heat and dust, or ensuring that no liquid spills on the system etc all help in making sure that the data in our computer remains safe. While shifting our system from one place to another, we take pains of making sure that it does not get hit or fall and get damaged in the process. One gets a technician to repair any part which is making sounds in the hard drive.
Nature, however, still has an upper hand on technology. We can take all the precautions we can possibly think of and still when nature lashes out in all its fury, we have no control on it!! When an earthquake takes place, for example, one can only hope that the data in their systems is all safe.
Major earthquakes cause major damages too. When concrete doesn't stand much of a chance escaping with no damage, there are few chances that a computer or laptop would. The hard drives tend to just break during major earthquakes thus causing hard drive damage.
Mild earthquakes cause less damage, or so some think. The damage could be enormous, but only experts would be able to tell. To you and me, it would look very minor. Since the drive is made of many smaller components, each one could get affected gravely and we may not even know it. There could be several 'internal injuries', to the drive. Due to the hard vibrations during the earthquakes, the motor would have failed, the head might have broken, etc. None of these damages are visible to us. Only experienced people can give us an accurate diagnosis on the situation.
After an earthquake, one should consult Data Recovery Services and ask them to diagnose the problems one is facing. In case the hard drive has broken or due to any internal damage, you lose your data stored on the system, these companies also have hard drive recovery services which can recover that data.
Stellar Data Recovery Services, NJ, is a well reputed DRS company which performs quick and safe data recovery. They not only have the technical know-how, but also the right environment, i.e., Class 100 Clean Rooms.
