Hard disk data recovery

Hard disk data recovery

You can recover corrupted hard disk files and below we will show you how. Together, there is a description of the signs that may indicate that your drive is damaged.

Peculiarities of hard disks

Computer hard disks are amazingly smart pieces of hardware that provide the basis for computing tasks. Technically called hard disk drives (HDDs), they consist of spinning disks that store information in blocks. This information is photos, music, work documents, emails and everything else on your computer.

Hard disk drive components are extremely sensitive. If you open your drive to take a look inside it is very likely to be damaged by tiny dust particles that you can’t even see. That said, even when the drive stops working, the data is usually recoverable. This stops being true though if someone passes a magnet over the unit, as it will destroy the data.

Backing up files

Since the effort for data recovery from your drive may at some point fail, backing up the drive, for example, to an external device, is a very good decision. However, you may want to protect only certain parts of information with a cloud-based backup service such as Google Drive, OneDrive, etc., which is always a sensible idea and one that will save you a lot of stress since your files are available at any time and on any computer.

If your drive becomes damaged, it can cost a lot of money to restore the data. You can do hard drive file recovery yourself, but diagnosing and repairing a damaged hard drive is a special process. Therefore, it needs extreme care, but it is definitely a cheaper alternative.

Causes of hard drive failure

One cause is when the electronic drive of the hard drive is damaged or when the software is experiencing a problem. Another is when the hard drive has been misused such as: formatted in an incorrect and forced manner, continuous writing and deleting of files, or when the magnetic disks are scratched, have read/write errors or low-level configuration problems. Head failures: this occurs when the read/write head, which is a component of the hard disk drive, collapses. Consequently, the disks may be severely damaged, resulting in total data destruction in several cases.

Other causes of dysfunction

Sometimes, the failure of a drive may not be a failure of the drive itself, but the cables connecting it to the computer’s motherboard may be damaged. Make sure that the data and power cables are connected at both ends or replace these cables with new ones.

Methods for recovering hard disk files

One recommended way to recover hard drive files is to remove the drive and connect it to another computer – and then copy the data. If you’re sure the drive is damaged, you can remove it from the computer and connect it to another computer as a secondary drive. You can do this using a USB adapter.

If you can browse the contents of the drive, this probably means that the data on the drive is OK. This way you can try copying the data from the failed drive to the drive on the computer you are connected to.

Software for recovering hard drive files

If you cannot automatically copy user data from the drive, you can try to recover it using software. There are several versions available for data recovery software,

but do not install the software on the drive from which you are trying to recover data. You may end up overwriting files you want to restore. If you’re not technically minded, it may seem a little daunting to use recovery software. However, if you’re familiar enough with using a computer, the instructions that come with recovery software will be straightforward.

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