Sunday, July 10, 2011

Methods For Saving Your Data From Total Loss When Your Hard Disk Fails

By Lizzy Kilpatrick


So many people have experienced the nightmare of a hard disk drive crashing. They ignore the warning signs such as sounds that can be heard when the hard disk is being read from or the software glitches that occur while running programs. Without a doubt, losing data can be a devastating event in a person's life.

Hard drive crashes are identified as either logical or physical. Logical crashes are caused by a virus, file system or software error. On the other hand, physical crashes are those caused by heavy impact on the unit, a strong magnetic field passing around the computer or a mere voltage fluctuation.

A logical hard disk failure is when the data becomes unreadable due to a virus, corrupted software, or a faulty file system. Physical crashes, on the other hand, can be caused by a number of things such as fluctuating voltage or a scratched or broken hard disk.

To date, if you submit your hard disk to the experts, they can recover around 80% of the data. They use a combination of software and hardware, depending on the cause of the crash, to extract or repair the data.

To recover data from a crashed hard disk, one will need a working computer. Software required to recover the data will be installed on this computer. The software is then run to diagnose the damaged disk.

There are a number of utility tools to aid in logical disk failure. The come bundled with the operating systems installed on your computer. Windows, Leopard (for Macintosh computers), and Linux all have their utility software which users can use to maintain their disk drives. Anti-virus software can also help in the data recovery if the computer was attacked by a virus.

Physical damage on the hard disk is harder to recover from. Required with be special electronic equipment such as magnetometers are used to extract data from the damaged sectors. For physical disk crashes, it is best to submit your disk to the experts for recovery.

For further information, one may search for e-books and/or written manuals in recovering hard drive data.




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