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Written By: Ontrack
Date Published: 09 January 2025 04:32:36 EST
Like all components of a computer, the hard disk can fail, and there are many causes. A hard drive failure often prevents access to files that are, in most cases, recoverable. Read more to find out how to recover your data from a damaged hard drive.
Unable to save files? If you cannot write to your hard drive, it has probably failed or in the process of failing. Data is then often becomes inaccessible, so as a priority back-up any data that you can. If your data is inaccessible, contrary to what you might think, data can still be recoverable, even in the event of a physical failure. Before going into detail about the recovery solutions, let's look back at the possible causes of failure.
Overheating stands out as one of the most common causes of hard drive failure. The same applies to shocks. A major external shock or a fall can actually damage your equipment, particularly the read head or the surfaces of the magnetic platters that store the data. The consequences are particularly serious if the shock occurs while the computer is in use. Voltage variations can also cause hard disk failure. Finally, water or fire damage can also damage your hard drive.
In the event of human error, such as accidental formatting for example or unintentional deletion of files, you can restore them using software. But the hard drive data recovery software will not be suitable for recovery in the event of mechanical failure or physical damage. Even if the failed hard drive is severely damaged, recovery of your data is still possible.
The best solution is to call on data recovery experts who operate in laboratories and/or in clean rooms. Indeed, it is important to open your hard drive in a closed space free of any particles (dust, hair, etc.) to give yourself the best chance of recovery and ensure your data is as secure as possible. Ontrack offers you a complete service, from diagnostics to data recovery.
In the lab, anything is possible: recovering data from a damaged Mac hard drive, from a partitioned Windows hard drive, recovering and restoring any type of data: email, simple files, multimedia files, etc. To do this, simply send or drop off your hard drive to an Ontrack data recovery location afdter contacting one of the team of specialists. We can help you with the logistics of getting the drive to us.
Once the team receives your hard drive, they will carry out preliminary work, and inform you of the estimated time and cost. Obviously, the greater the damage, the longer the recovery time. The engineers work on the defective sectors before extracting the recoverable data from the media. At the end of the process, the experts inform you of the success rate and with your approval, make all the recovered data available to you.
With Ontrack, you initially benefit from a free consultation. Our team of specialists will discuss your case with you, and can help to provide an estimate. Once the drive arrives in our lab, over the course of a few hours, our technicians will analyse your faulty hard drive and assess the extent of the damage.
This stage in the lab will enable us to determine the means to be implemented to recover your data. At this stage, our team will therefore be able to give you the price for recovering data from your failed hard drive. You will also be informed of how long the process will take.
As you'll have realised, the price of recovering data from a failed hard drive varies from case to case. To get an idea of how much it will cost to recover the data in your unique scenario, contact one of our specialists today.
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