The process of salvaging inaccessible data from corrupted or damaged secondary storage devices, cannot be accessed in a normal way, is referred to as data recovery in computing parlance. The data is most usually salvaged from storage media such as internal or external hard disk drives, solid state drives, USB flash drives, CDs, DVDs, RAID subsystems and other electronic devices. Recovering the data from physically damaged hardware can involve several techniques. Some of the damage can be recovered by replacing the damaged parts in the hard disc, while this makes the disc usable, there may still be instances of logical damage. In such cases a specialized disc imaging process is used to recover every bit of readable information, once this image is acquired and saved, the image is analyzed for logical damage and allows a good part of the original file structure to be reconstructed.
Hard drive data loss is caused in either of the following instances ::
- Logical failure, this is when the hard drive is in good working order but the files or data cannot be accessed owing to logical reasons such as file system corruption, lost partition information or accidental reformatting.
- Electrical failure occurs when the hard drive refuses to spin. A burning odour may be produced by the hard drive and the printed circuit board may be affected.
- Mechanical failure is said to have occurred in cases where the hard drive is not functioning properly because of read/write crashes or because of a spindle motor seizure .
- Firmware failure is another instance where hard drive data loss may occur when the hard drive though in good mechanical condition, fails to function. In such instances the firmware is reprogrammed and fine tuned in order to bring the hard drive to a fully functioning state.
At Datatracks Labs Ltd, in cases of mechanical failure, hard drive rebuilds are carried out in a clean dust free environment and are analyzed with care and fully repaired. The hard drive recovery is accomplished through the use of the most advanced hard drive data recovery tools. Specially designed custom made tools to retrieve data from unstable and troublesome hard drives are used, greatly increasing the chances of successful data recovery. Datatracks Labs Ltd, have been successfully serving customers in UK and Europe over the past few years. You too, can try the free evaluation and receive a fixed obligations quote, within a maximum of four hours of submitting the media.