Jul 09 2009
Data Recovery- A Solution for Storage Media Failure
Most of the computer users must have experienced the data loss at one or the other time. Data loss is generally indicated by some symptoms by your computer which range from scrapping noises coming from your hard drive to the inaccessibility of stored data and some sort of error messages. It can also be identified by the situations where your hard drive can no longer be recognized by your computer. The result of data loss is always devastating to end user, whether the use is an individual with personal data or a business with no proper backup of its critical data. Most of the users believe when the data is lost, its gone everlastingly. However, it is wrong as data recovery is possible in most of the cases using proper solutions.
The very first thing that you should always do in case of data loss is to stop using the damaged or affected storage media as further use of failed media could make the recovery process difficult or may cause permanent data loss. Several users try things like repartitioning or reformatting the hard drive in attempt to make it accessible. But by continuing to use the failed media, the lost data may get overwritten and it may irretrievable.
The most important step towards Hard Drive Recovery is to find out the cause of data loss. The recovery solution depends upon the factor, which has lead to data loss. There are two major causes of data loss:
Physical Failure
Logical Failure
The physical failure generally occurs due to damage to the hardware components or hard drive such as electrical board, controllers, read/write head, platters, spindle motor and so forth. It could take place because of accidental dropdown, power surges, natural disasters and more. In such cases, the recovery is possible through Data Recovery service.
On the other hand, logical failure is resulted by the damage to system data structure or other logical components. In this case, the physical components remain intact but the data becomes inaccessible due to missing file pointers and references. It is caused by file system corruption, hard drive formatting, accidental deletion, operating system malfunction, virus infection, improper system shutdown and other similar reasons. Recovery in such case is possible in an easy and quick way using third party hard drive recovery software.
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