Hard Disk Failure

When a hard disk failure occurs on a system it can be for a variety of reasons, and it’s important that the fault is diagnosed properly and correctly as this dictates the steps necessary in order to successfully recover the data.

There are four ways a hard disk can fail that will potentially lead to a loss of data:

• Firmware Corruption / Damage – These type of faults relate to the microprogramming on the hard drive. The drive will become inaccessible and need to be reprogrammed before the data can be accessed
• Electronic Failure – Typically caused by a power surge, for example, plugging the wrong mains supply into an external hard drive.
• Mechanical Failure – This relates to physical problems on the hard drive – for example, a head failure resulting from the drive being dropped or receiving a knock. A clean room is required with all types of mechanical fault as the drive has to be opened.
• Logical Corruption – This refers to problems with the actual data rather than the storage media it is held on. For example, data has been deleted or operating systems re-installed etc.

At times a combination of these four is possible and the chances of recovering data depend upon the extent of the damage that has occurred.

What is Data Recovery ?

Data recovery is the process of recovering data from instances of hard disk failure eg. damaged or broken computer storage media such as hard disk drives, tapes, external hard drives, DVD’s. memory cards etc.

Data recovery may be necessary on any type of computer system that uses computer storage media eg. a RAID server in a business, a desktop machine running Windows that holds company payroll, an Apple Mac system in a graphic designers office, an external hard drive carried around in a businessman’s briefcase or student’s backpack, or the memory cards of a professional photographer.

Why Choose Data Clinic ?

Few companies have invested as much time and effort in developing their data recovery abilities as DataClinic. Since 2002 we have been providing professional and specialist data recovery services to businesses, institutions and individuals across the UK and we are extremely proud of the prominence we have achieved within this business sector. In conjunction with Manchester University, the Italian hardware company GCubic and the DTI we have uniquely developed a whole range of different techniques at our disposal to help us to recover data from every modern piece of technology in current circulation.

Our progress in this investment has resulted in us being recognised as an industry leader in data recovery; it even gets us business from some of our competitors who realise that their expertise is not quite a match for our broader range of techniques.

Nationwide Coverage, Talk To Us…

We are happy to discuss any storage media or hard disk problem you may have with you and we will attempt to diagnose the disk problem on the phone so we can recommend the recovery options that are available to you.

We have a number of local branches throughout the UK. You can call in or use our free collection service that collects directly from your door. This collection service is available throughout the UK.

It is entirely understandable that the prospect of losing potentially valuable data can be very upsetting and we fully appreciate that you will want to know the prospects that exist to retrieve your data. There are many different causes of hard disk failure and our experienced staff will be able to successfully identify the specific problem very quickly and tell you the prospects of recovering your data.