Across the world,
instances of data loss continue to rise, thus complicating the process of hard
drive data recovery and making this a process of utmost importance. Sadly,
there are two types of computer users in this world: those who understand the
computer system because they respect the work it does for them and those who
don't care to know the details as long as work gets done.
Whether you belong to
either of the categories, it is important to read this discussion because it
would give you the confidence to deal with a major disaster relating to hard drive
data loss. As the storage space for IDE drives increased, the prices hit almost
rock bottom following which the hard drive manufacturers explored ways to bring
down the production costs of these mass storage mediums.
The end result is that
more data is being stored in smaller spaces. Today's hard drives are competent
to store about 500 times the data stored on the drives of computer hard drives
systems two decades earlier. With such amazing increase in storage capacities,
the issue of data loss is more critical.
The materials which
these manufacturers used for coating the surface of the disks were naturally
subject to this cost-cutting. No wonder, professionals who recover data are
quick to point out the fact that inexpensive hard drives are most vulnerable to
head crashes. This is because small minded manufacturers who focus only on
cutting costs use very bad quality, cheap materials which are naturally prone
to develop head crashes.
Although you may be
wondering why a "newbie" is being subjected to this intense
discussion, remember that there are certain things you can do to tackle the
post-data-loss scenario so here are some simple tips for a successful hard
drive data recovery:
It is important to stop
using a problem hard disk or storage media from which you want to recover data.
Consider this as a rule of utmost importance because each time you attempt
either to boot up or start a system, you are worsening every possibility of
data recovery, literally. Work on the problem hard drive only after attaching
it to another computer as a secondary/primary slave.
Be aware of the fact
that even a harmless process like browsing, without saving any files of
downloading can prove to be extremely hazardous because your operating system
writes and over-writes data to the hard disk, continuously. So this is again
something to consider.
If you are trying to
recover data on your own, the first thing you should clearly be aware of is not
to disturb the problem hard disk. Data recovery software should not be loaded
on the problem disk. What can be done without any hesitation is this: simply
load the data recovery software on the good hard disk of the computer to which
you have attached your problem hard disk as a primary/secondary slave.
After you have attached
the problem hard disk, you can go on to create an image of the disk, using a
disk imaging utility and work only on the image thus created. This would make
sure that the data on the hard disk remains intact. This leaves you completely
free to check out any number of data recovery software on the image of the
problem hard disk.
Sometimes, the problem
of spindle motor sticking may have cropped up. Manually spinning the motor
would free the drive, so this would permit it to spin long enough to save your
files. This can be easily done by opening up case and spinning the platters in
a manual way.
If you have the habit of
repeatedly trying to boot up the hard drive, this may, on highly exceptional
situations, resurrect a drive with a serious problems as this continual switching
on and off is too hard on the other components as well. It is best to wait at
least 2o seconds before going on to switch off and switch on.
With this discussion,
you would be better prepared to handle hard drive data recovery than ever
before.
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