Hard drives are amongst the most widely used data storage devices as they offer huge space, better speed, inexpensive option, and lasts longer. By saying that hard drives last longer, we mean, with proper care and ‘proper care,’ you can keep your data safe for a long period of time.
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Hard drives tend to be fragile and manage to break or crash with minor inconvenience. There could be numerous reasons for a healthy hard drive to crash or get corrupted.
Reasons for a hard drive crash
- Physical damage inner moving parts due to external pressure
- Overheating due to prolonged usage
- Mishandling of the hard drive
- Moisture on the surface of the platter
- Virus or malware attack
- File System errors
- Loose connections to the system
- A sudden power surge or failure
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These are some of the most prominent reasons which could result in physical or logical failure leading to a crashed hard drive. Talking about physical damages, there are typically 3 levels of physical damage:
Crash Level (C1) – These include minor scratches that can be barely seen with naked eyes.
Crash Level (C2) – These includes scratches which are immediately visible.
Crash Level (C3) – The most severely damaged hard drive where data recovery is next to impossible.
How to recover data from crashed hard drive?
Data recovery from crashed hard drives or corrupted hard disks could be a highly difficult task for anyone who has little to no technical proficiency. Therefore, it is always advised to seek professional help to recover data in such situations. If you are looking for expert data recovery solutions, you can contact us at +91 9323287758 and talk to one of our representatives. Consultation on the phone is free, and you can describe your issue to seek solutions. Only if the problem seeks professional assistance, we ask the user for further actions.
Meanwhile, if you think your hard drive has minor issues (C1) and the data can be recovered, here is an easy process which you can follow. Note: Do not rely on hit and trial methods at home of opening the hard drive. Any activity on the platter (where the data is stored) might result in an overwrite leading to a permanent data loss. It will make it impossible for us to recover your data.
Step 1 – Connect the crashed hard disk/drive to another computer
Before you can try to recover your data from the crashed hard drive, you first need to remove the current hard drive from the current device and connect it to another device. The best and the easiest way to connect the hard drive to another PC is by using a USB to IDE/SATA adapter. This is the cheapest multi-functional USB 3 option as it is very fast and inexpensive.
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Step 2 – Try to copy data to the drive
After you successfully managed to connect your crashed hard drive with another device, check to see if you can browse the content of the crashed hard drive. There might be a chance that your hard drive is not the actual problem, but it could be your computer to blame for. If you can access, copy all the data to another drive. This will only work if your hard drive is working fine. If not, try the next step.
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