Rectifying Hard Disk Errors

Hard disk damage or failure is irrevocable. It is also a very severe problem. It does not allow you to access the hard disk, and hence, the data stored on it. It forces you to take some steps in haste or panic, which at times make the situation worse.
The best and the easiest way to avoid such issues is to keep an updated backup of your essential data to restore it, whenever needed. But, there are a few users who do not care to backup their data, so in that case one can turn to Data Recovery as a solution.

Just imagine, one day when you start your computer, you find that the system does not boot and you encounter one of the following hard disk errors:

“Fatal Error – Cannot access hard disk”

“Hard disk drive failure”

“No fixed disk present”

After any of these error messages appear, the system does not boot and you fail to access the system as well as the data stored in it.

Cause:

These error messages generally occur if the hard disk has failed or damaged, due to which the system fails to access the hard disk and leads to inaccessibility of data. Accumulation of too many unwanted files may cause this damage to your hard disk.
Whatever be the cause, the issue needs to be immediately fixed, else there can be a possibility of data loss.

Resolution:

Consider the following measures to solve the issue. (It is recommended to try these in 'Safe Mode')

Use Disk Cleanup Tool available in Windows to clean up the unwanted files like, temporary Internet files, temporary Windows files, unwanted Windows components, etc. from the hard disk.
Use Disk Defragmenter to re-arrange all non-contagious file fragments. This helps the system to improve its performance and also reduces the load on a hard disk.

But, if it is too late and these measures do not help in solving the problem, then just pack your hard drive and take it to a Data Recovery company, so that they may examine the problem and fix the issue with the most appropriate method. Generally, a damaged hard drive can be given proper treatment by providing professional Hard Drive Recovery Services to extract or recover all the inaccessible data from the damaged hard disk. Note that a data recovery company must have Clean rooms, where a hard drive can be opened without worrying about the dust particles, as Clean rooms are special labs having the most suitable environment for carrying out the process of data recovery.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is the world's most trusted name when it comes to data recovery. The company offers effective Hard Drive Recovery Services in New Jersey to extract all the lost, missing or inaccessible data from the damaged hard drive. The company possess its own data recovery labs, that are Class 100 Clean rooms. Stellar has till now successfully served more than 1,100,000 customers worldwide.

Data Recovery from Fire-Burnt Hard Drive

Tragedies occur all the time. Sometimes, these tragedies lead to heavy losses for a company's business and may completely destroy the business.
Disasters like fire in a business enterprise cause severe damage to the computers and their hard drives. Hard drives contain all the data of a business and thus their damage causes data inaccessibility. Further, it may cause the company to shut down or stop its proceedings. To avoid such situations, and to safeguard your data, take regular backups. You may also choose online backup services for effective and reliable data backup. However, if you have not done that, then, to avoid destruction, one needs to use professional Hard Drive Recovery Services to extract all the data from fire-burnt hard drive.

For example - One day fire breaks out, in a business organization, leading to evacuation of the building. Although, no injury occurs but all the systems did get damaged. The hard drives melted. The company suffered huge monetary and data loss.

Since, all the data was stored in the drive, it gets out of reach or becomes inaccessible.

Obviously, data is the lifeline of any business and if data is not there, business cannot even stand, let alone flourish. Any company that can get its data back can rebuild or re-construct itself. And for this, the company requires specialized Hard Drive Recovery Services(for fire-burnt hard drives). But, before going to a Data Recovery specialist, always keep in mind that you should never attempt to power-up a burnt hard drive. You must not hit it or freeze it (as many suggest). Never open the drive in normal environment since the dust particles may damage its sensitive platters. Send the hard drive 'as is' to hard drive data recovery experts. These experts are well-educated and qualified and have the knowledge for extracting data from physically damaged hard drive. Data recovery is carried out under clean and controlled environment where dust particles would not settle on the various delicate components of the hard drive, when opened.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is a New Jersey based Data Recovery company. Stellar provides its data recovery services under the secured environment of Class 100 Cleanroom. The company has spread its wings all over the world, serving more than 137 countries. The company has over 1,100,000 satisfied customers and provides comprehensive data recovery from all kinds of hard drives such as RAID, SATA, PATA, SCSI, etc.

Protecting laptops from cold weather conditions

A laptop is a computer system, well-known for its portability. They are smaller in size and can be carried and used in any part of the world. However, just like any other thing, they too have their limitations. Laptops require extra care and should be operated under suitable working conditions in terms of temperature and environment. Infact, laptops need to be protected from cold weather conditions, as any kind of exposure to a cold environment is bound to cause damage to the laptop's hard drive. This may eventually lead to inaccessibility of all the data stored in the hard drive. In case of data loss, data can be restored, if you have a backup file, of course. However, if backup is not available, Data Recovery Services can help in recovering and restoring data.

These are a few measures that need to be taken to protect your laptop from any damage:

Try using Ruggedized laptops: Ruggedized laptops are specially designed to work under extreme temperature or weather conditions. They ensure total safety of your laptop.
Safe storage location: The laptop should be used only in those places and environments that are suitable to them, as per their model and design. A normal laptop can work efficiently under a temperature of 10 to 35 degree Celsius.
If you bring back your laptop from cold weather conditions to normal environment, then do not boot the laptop for sometime and let it first adjust itself to the room temperature. It is not advisable to use devices like heating pads or mug or pocket warmers for keeping laptop warm as they may either cause the laptop to generate too much heat, thus damaging its internal components, or creating some other problem. A laptop warmer may certainly be used, as they are specifically designed for this purpose.

All these measures ensure the safety of your laptop from cold weather conditions.
However, in case your laptop does get affected by extreme weather conditions, then the hard drive and the internal components of the laptop hard drive are impacted greatly. In such a case, data recovery services are recommended, for recovery of data from damaged laptop. Data Recovery from a damaged storage media, including laptop, is a difficult job, and should be carried on by well-trained data recovery experts with technical knowledge in safe environment of cleanroom.

Stellar Information Systems Limited, a world-class ISO 9001:2000 certified company recovers data from all kinds of storage media including hard drives (internal and external), memory cards, iPods, etc. after any kind of data loss situation. The company performs Data Recovery under controlled environment of Class 100 Clean Rooms. With Stellar on your side, recovery of data is possible for all kinds of hard drives including RAID, NAS, SAN, etc.

Can Data be Recover After Head Crash

A hard drive can be considered as a collection of several delicate or fragile parts, which are very much susceptible to damage. One such part of the hard drive is the 'head', which may crash or fail if the read/write heads of the hard drive touch the platters, which may further cause damage to the magnetic media. This may render your computer useless or in an inoperable state. Consequently, your data becomes inaccessible. In order to get your data back, you require a valid backup file. But, if the backup is not available, you can use various Data Recovery procedures to recover and restore all your data comprehensively.

Imagine a situation – One fine day, you may find your computer emanating some strange noises and not starting up properly. The CPU lights turn on, but the computer fails to start and eventually shuts down. You repeat the same thing, but with no success.
This shocks you as the last time you started your system, it was working fine, but all of a sudden it is not booting up properly.

This situation renders all the hard drive data inaccessible. At this point of time, you may feel helpless and wonder what caused all this. So, to assist you in this, let us discuss the cause of the problem and the resolution for the same.

Cause:

The primary reason for such a behavior can be hard drive failure. This can typically happen due to head crash.
Hard drive head crashes when the head touches a platter of the hard drive, as a result of which the head etches the magnetic media off the platter. This causes both the data and the drive to become unusable or inaccessible.

Resolution:

This is a case of physical damage of the hard drive. So, you need to use Hard Drive Recovery Services to recover all your data from the damaged hard drive. These services are offered by talented and experienced Data Recovery experts who work under the safe and controlled environment of Clean Rooms. Clean Rooms have the suitable environment that allows these experts to open the hard drive and perform comprehensive recovery of data.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is a well-known and reputed company that specializes in providing world class Data Recovery Services for all physical data loss scenarios. The company holds a sound experience of 16 years and offers its services under the sterilized environment of Class 100 Clean Rooms. Having over 1,100,000 satisfied customers now, the company provides recovery of data from all hard drives such as RAID, NAS, SAN, SCSI, etc.

Hard Drive Platters Damaged

Platters could also be called the memory of the hard disk. These are where all the data of a computer system is stored. Any information that is saved to a hard disk, is written to the platters by the read-write heads. The platters are spun using the shaft motor while the head assembly helps position the heads over the exact place where the data is to be written. But, these platters are very delicate and even a slight scratch on the platter can prove problematic as your data gets inaccessible. At such times, if there is no back-up available, you should take the hard drive to a company that provides hard drive recovery services.

Consider this situation - Suppose, One fine day you may find that your computer does not start up. The drive attempts to start (CPU lights turn on, you can hear the platters spinning, etc), but it fails to do so and then shuts off. Even after removing the hard drive, and attaching it to another system, you still can not access the data stored on it.

This would surprise anyone who becomes the victim of such an unusual behavior of the system. But, the one thing that is recommended is to stay calm and look for the cause of the problem and to find an appropriate solution for the same.

Cause:

The hard drive platters are damaged. When the platters get damaged, the computer fails to read any data from it. Therefore, even when you shift the drive to another computer, the damaged platters still cannot be read from. There are two main reasons behind why a platter gets damaged:

The read-write heads may scratch the platters
Media Surface Contamination (dust particles scratch the sensitive platter surface)

Resolution:

The damaged platter should not be re-used. That is because chances are that when the platter is re-used, the scratches on it may increase. Instead, the drive should be sent to a company that provides hard drive recovery services. They have experts for Data Recovery from the damaged platters. This is done under the sterilized surroundings of Clean Rooms because the internal components of the hard drive are sensitive and should only be treated in controlled environments such as Clean Rooms.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is a renowned organization that provides the best Hard Drive Recovery Services in all the scenarios of physical damage. Stellar provides safe and accurate recovery of data under its Class 100 Clean Rooms. The company is ISO 9001:2000 registered and claims to provide comprehensive recovery from all storage media like hard drives, removable media, multi disk servers, etc.

Data Loss due to Damaged Internal Parts of the Hard Drive

Hard drives consist of several internal components that are very delicate and can get damaged at any point of time. Even small jerks may cause irrevocable damage to the drive and therefore to all the data stored in it. Since hard drive is memory of a computer system, one needs to be very careful while shifting the computer from one place to another, as any mishap can prove costly if the hard drive gets damaged. Generally, computer users do not take backup of the entire hard drive, which means all the important data that is now not accessible might just get lost. Damaged hard drives need to be handled even more cautiously and given proper treatment for data recovery, which is done by Data Recovery Services companies.

Computers often need to be shifted from one work station to another in offices. While doing so, if the CPU falls and gets damaged, then, even the hard drive too might be in serious trouble as it may be subject to damage of several internal components like spindle motor, platters, etc. This may lead to a non-functional hard drive, resulting in complete non accessibility of data.

Why this happened?

When the drive falls, all the parts within get affected by the impact.
The read-write heads may scratch the platters
The head assembly may break.
The shaft motor could get damaged.
Any of the parts getting damaged has a domino effect and renders the drive non-usable.

How to resolve the problem?

Physical damage of the internal components of the hard drive, requires opening the hard drive to extract data and then saving it on another hard drive. This problem can be solved by Data Recovery technicians. They have the knowledge and experience to fix the damaged hard drive completely to extract data from it to save it into another hard drive. The procedure of Data Recovery from a damaged hard drive is carried out under the sterilized and safe environment of Clean Room to ensure the safety and integrity of data stored on the hard drive.

Stellar Data Recovery Inc. is a well reputed company that offers world class Data Recovery Services for all kinds of data loss. The company is equipped with Class 100 Clean Room facility where it uses various indigenous techniques to recover data comprehensively in all scenarios of physical data loss. The company feels proud to have over 1,100,000 satisfied customers worldwide and provides recovery of data from all hard drives such as RAID, NAS, SAN, SCSI, etc.