Serious Security Flaw in some WD NAS Hard Drives

January 11, 2018 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

A number of Western Digital NAS hard drives are vulnerable to a remote hacking attack due to a hardcoded backdoor in the device that can give a hacker full access to the files on the NAS. Which WD hard drives: Some of the My Cloud NAS range. What’s a hardcoded backdoor?: It’s a (until now) […]

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Humming / Beeping Hard Drives Not Recognised

August 10, 2016 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

Several problems this week with beeping and humming Western Digital hard drives: “Hi its a western digital my ultra passport 3tb external hard drive the problem is it beeps when I put it into the computer or the laptop it sounds like the heads are stuck and not able to read the plates to read […]

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Data Recovery on a 1TB Western Digital WD10TMVW

September 1, 2015 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd, News

A Hard Drive Recovery Case Study Drive: 1TB WD10TMVW Faults WD ‘slow response’ firmware problem Weak head Use of microjog to source a compatible donor hard drive Failure Symptoms We received an enquiry from a customer reporting that his drive was running very slowly, so slow that he’d left the drive overnight attempting to access […]

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How To Spot Imminent Hard Disk Failure

October 21, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd, Data Recovery General, Seagate, Western Digital WD

Unlike most of a computer’s components, the hard disk is mechanical and can be damaged by both mechanical and electrical factors. As a result, the hard disk is particularly vulnerable to damage and problems. Hard disks are subject to wear and can fail for a number of reasons. Mechanical failure is the cause of most […]

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A Common Fault on WD1002FBYS Disks Found ??

October 4, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd, Data Recovery General, Hard Disk Drive Storage, Western Digital WD

We’ve had several of these drives in for recovery now and noticed some common failure symptoms in some cases. It appears that if power is taken from the drive suddenly the drive “kicks back” and moves the head assembly so violently that pairs of heads twist and dig into both the applicable platter surfaces leaving […]

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Hard Drive Data Recovery Services – Birmingham Area

August 5, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

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DataClinic’s Birmingham data recovery service centre is located in central Birmingham, on Broad Street. Open from 9am until 5.30pm from Monday to Friday (and for drop offs during the weekend), the office covers the following areas: West Bromwich, Oldbury-Smethwick, Sutton Coldfield, Water Orton, Solihull, Halesowen, Walsall, Dudley, Aldridge, Hampton in Arden, Barnt Green, Alvechurch, Knowle-Bentley […]

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What’s The Most Reliable Hard Disk Drive?

July 30, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

Hard drives…. Not really that interesting are they ? You probably think that because they all look the same and do the same things that they’re as reliable as each other. But you’d we wrong. A study by a French hardware site has shown varying degrees of hard drive reliability in both 1TB and 2TB […]

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New Phone Numbers for Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery Services

July 23, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Uncategorized

Telephone numbers for hard disk drive data recovery services

Our hard disk drive data recovery service centres in Birmingham, Sheffield, Northampton and Sunderland now have local phone numbers you can call instead of the generic 0871 UK wide number. They are: Data Recovery Birmingham 0121 629 0436 Data Recovery Northampton 01604 529 356 Data Recovery Sheffield 0114 208 6027 Data Recovery Sunderland 0191 204 9612 We’ve now got […]

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What Does A Spindle Failure / Seized Motor On A Hard Disk Look Like ?

July 18, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

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If you’ve ever dropped your external hard drive whilst it’s been switched on and then found it does nothing except go buzz… buzz… buzz… then you’ve had a seized motor or spindle failure…. This is one of the worst types of hard disk failure as it involves the mechanical (moving) parts of the hard drive. […]

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It’s Not Just Big Businesses That Need Data Recovery

June 27, 2013 / Chris Seeley / Data Clinic Ltd

We’ve been proud to help lots of different businesses recover their data after experiencing hard drive failure or problems with a server. However it doesn’t stop there. It’s easy to assume the only businesses that have trouble with data loss from time to time are the large ones, but this isn’t the case. It’s probably […]

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Mark Ainsworth

13:51 02 Sep 20

Data recovery specialists managed to recover the data off a failed hard drive for us. With many loved photos and memories stored on the hard drive it was a relief to get this work done.It was done quickly and with expertise.

alex shakeshaft

16:29 20 Aug 20

Used Data Clinic to retrieve lost files and photographs from broken/damaged drive. Drive was damaged by overheating from failed fan.The company were very professional . Service and communications excellent and second to none. Sometimes retrieving data is more than files . Photos restore memory images .I have no hesitation in recommending this company for any retrieval and restoration of lost data .

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