An external hard drive is a kind of hard disk which is connected to a computer via a USB cable or other means. Its internal structure resembles a normal hard disk, just that it is mounted in a disk enclosure. The device has become popular since it offers great flexibility in terms of transporting your data. Moreover, an external hard drive provides you an alternate to backup your valuable data – documents, photographs, music, movies etc. On the flip side, external hard drives are quite prone to damages which can give rise to grave data loss scenarios. In such unfortunate situations, the only way you can recover your lost data is by acquiring data recovery services.
Acquiring data recovery services in New Jersey is relatively an easy job as there are many ventures which work like a support system for individuals and organizations. These data recovery ventures vouch to provide customized and efficient solutions in case a dreadful external hard drive failure situation is encountered.
Portability factor – major disadvantage
Undoubtedly, external hard drives have become excellent backup option, being economical and portable. But you are highly mistaken if you are completely relying on them. The portability factor makes them vulnerable to severe damages which could further result in potential data loss. They can easily get knocked, dropped or banged and after such catastrophic impacts it is less likely that your data remains safe.
Reasons of data loss
An external hard drive can get crashed due to a variety of reasons which can be broadly put into two categories as given below:
Logical failure: File system corruption, meta data structure damage, overwritten MFT, formatted partitions, MBR corruption etc
Physical failure: head crash, power fluctuations, damaged motor, accidental dropping, overheating, hardware related issues, natural disasters etc
Preventive steps to be taken when hit by a crisis
Discontinue using the device immediately
Don't allow the system to run a repair utility on the drive
Recovering valuable data
Data recovery New Jersey can be availed irrespective of the reason behind an external hard drive failure. Make sure you select a company which has sufficient resources to recover data from various interfaces (SAS, SATA,FC, SCSI) and brands (Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor).
Stellar Data Recovery Inc., specializes in providing economical and reliable data recovery services in New Jersey. The company has highly-skilled technicians and a vast array of indigenously-built tools to recover data from crashed external hard drives irrespective of the data loss situation. To facilitate invasive recovery, in case of physically damaged hard drives, Stellar has Class 100 Clean Rooms.