by Digby Saunders | Jun 25, 2022 | Bad Sectors, Data Recovery, firmware corruption, Hard Drive Electronics
Many hard drives will show signs there is a problem before experiencing a full crash. If your hard drive shows any of the following, back up your data before the actual crash occurs in order to retrieve data which can be recovered. Some common symptoms of impending...
by Digby Saunders | Nov 4, 2014 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
Diagnosis of a damaged PCB One of the first steps in Data Recovery is assessing the health of the electronics of a hard drive and a replacement of the PCB should occur if The PCB appears damaged If the hard drive does not spin up then it is usually due to a damaged...
by Digby Saunders | Apr 23, 2014 | Data Recovery, firmware corruption, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
I use data recovery tools from Salvation Data which are specifically designed for Western Digital and Seagate hard drives and they are essential in my daily work when assessing the health of a hard drive. These tools allow you to do the following tasks; Diagnose...
by Digby Saunders | Mar 24, 2014 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drive Firmware
It is quite common to encounter firmware corruption on Seagate Hard Drives of all their models but the latest Seagate drives the 7200.14 have added a new twist. The Seagate 7200.11 and 7200.12 drives had the familiar busy error where the drive does not show up in you...
by Digby Saunders | Jul 15, 2013 | Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics
A frequent response I receive from customers when I try explain the Data Recovery process is “I don’t care about the Hard Drive I just want the data back”. Unfortunately much of the time the reason for the data loss is damage to the hard drive and...
by Digby Saunders | Jul 10, 2013 | Backup Systems, Data Recovery, Hard Drive Electronics, Hard Drives
You have gone and purchased a Backup drive such as a Western Digital My Book Essential and backed up all your important data or you have had to transfer data from your computer’s hard drive because it has become too full. You now feel the warm glow of securing...
