Types of
Hard Drives
- IDE DRIVES
- SCSI DRIVES
- EIDE
- MFM
- RLL
- ESDI
Drive Manufacturer we work with:
- Seagate
- Western Digital
- Quantum
- Maxtor
- IBM
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- Fujitsu
- Toshiba
- Hitachi
- Samsung
- Conner
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Data Crash
Messages that may pop up when a disk crash has occurred:
- Invalid media type error...
- Invalid drive specification...
- Invalid partition table...
- General failure reading drive "x"...
- Primary Hard Disk not found. Press F1 to Continue
- Master Boot Record Not Found
- Cannot find file or program
- Hard drive motor is not spinning
- If the hard disk is making ANY strange noises, then switch
the computer off immediately.
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- Data error reading Drive "x"...
- Drive reading error..
- Sector not found...
- Track 0 bad...
- Invalid or corrupt FAT
- Invalid partition table entries
- Invalid sector
- Primary/Secondary Hard disk failure
- Hard drive is clicking or making noises
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When your computer fails to read the data stored in your media
and one of the above messages occurs, the disk is said to have crashed.
In case of a disk crash, the operating system begins to flash messages
as indicated above, there are now only 2 scenario's that are possible:
1. LOGICAL PROBLEM:
- The logical problems can be because either the boot sector/partition
table, FAT area or the directory area has gone bad.
2.PHYSICAL PROBLEM:
- (HDA) Head Disk Assembly has crashed
- Platters may be damaged
- PCB has burned out
Causes of Disk Failures:
- Human Error is the single most major cause of data loss. Including
accidental file deletion, incorrect usage or sometimes as just
a "Hard Disk Format"
- Other contributors are Software Corruption, System Malfunction
or Hardware Error.
- Virus Attacks is still one of the main concerns that causes
data loss.
- Employees sabotage is also a concern, a minor yet one.
- Flood, Fire, Lighting and Earthquakes are just some unavoidable
causes.
If you suspect that your disk has crashed
DO NOT:
- Don't run any repair utility because these utilities will further
aggravate the problem and make it more difficult to recover the
lost data. These utilities are usually made to rectify any amoralities
in the file system & get you working and not to recover your
data.
- Let no one, even a desktop support engineer to experiment with
the media.
- Do not work on the media otherwise the chances of recovering
lost files/dir may become less.
FREE EVALUATION: Send us your media for a free Evaluation, one of our technicians
will provide you a diagnosis free of charge. This will include a
detailed quote, a detailed problem outlining exactly what is wrong
with your media, exactly what can be recovered and the turnaround
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