You
all must be aware of word Hard Drive failure and Data Recovery. Now days in
modern world everyone is using digital devices which involves lot of file
saving, downloading and data exchange. Nowadays data recovery is not only
associated with Hard drive Failures but also with many other devices like
Phones, Music Player, Memory Cards, Cameras etc. These days every school kid
has their own cell phone and they all save tones of pictures, music and videos.
Data is very important and crucial for it owner and no matter how careful you
are these devices fail suddenly and that’s when you need file recovery. Many people these days drop their phones on water or spill liquid on computers which damages hard drive and their data is lost. Read How to save Dropped phone is water.
What is Data Recovery?
In
simple words data recovery is extracting data from damage or corrupted hard
drives, magnetic tapes, memory cards, SSD by using software plus hardware
recovery method and saving it to a good hard drive. Data extraction is a very
complex and delicate process as in this process professionals only get 1 or 2
chances to recover files.
Types of Recovery :
Software Recovery:
· Deleted
Data – This is usually done by very expensive advanced processional Software
which is able to scan and read sectors on drive which were deleted.
· Inaccessible/
Lost partition - In this case data is on the storage drive but is not
accessible.
· Operating
System Failure – This is most common failure and can be seen in both Mac and
Windows based laptops. This is also one of most common type of recovery.
Hardware Recovery:
· Physical
Damage – This is type of recovery where the storage device is physically broken
or damaged beyond repair. This type of recovery is done is special Labs also
known as Clean Room. This is usually most expensive type of recovery.
· Logic
Board Failure – This happens when the circuit board on HDD is not working or
HDD cannot be turned ON. It is not easy to perform this kind of recovery as HDD
need same exact same logic board from same manufacture and model of the hard
drive.
Should I attempt to Recovery Data on my own?
Yes
if you definitely don’t want your data back then go ahead and try it.
Recovering data by users on their own is not recommended by Mac Hard Drive Recovery HK at all, if you do so
then you will be the one destroying hard drive plus any possibility of
recovering data by professionals. Remember even professional recovery companies
have only 1 or at most 2 chances of recovering data. If you attempt something
then for sure you don’t love your data and you will end up getting nothing.
There
are few free data recovery software’s out there which one should never use as
these software’s are for advertisement purpose and not for actual recovery.
Professional recovery software’s are very expensive and engineers who are
trained to recover files follow proper step by step procedure to recover
valuable data. These free softwares actually reduce chance of recovering any
data even by professionals as it requires drive scanning for hours and thus
making many sectors unreadable. Also this software will advertise their company
and ultimately ask you to bring HDD to them so better not to attempt anything
foolish.
Is Windows & Mac recovery same?
According to Macbook data recovery Hong Kong it
is important to understand that windows and mac both are using different file
systems. Windows hard drive is formatted as NTFS whereas Mac uses HFS+. That’s
why software recovery of both the systems is performed in different way using
different typed of recovery program. Not every company can recover Mac hard
drive so it is not recommended to give HDD for recovering to Windows Recovery
Company. Mac recovery is more complex than windows but when it comes to
physical recovery the basic steps are same for both.
Dos and Don’ts
· When
your mac hard drive crashes do not turn on your MacBook as this will force
drive to read data which will make drive condition worst.
· When
your mac OSX is not booting up then do not force boot it or turn it OFF & ON
multiple times as this will lead to complete HDD failure.
· If
your camera memory card is not readable just take it out and leave it. Don’t
try inserting it in other devices as it reduces recovery chances.
· Never
attempt any kind of recovery on your own.
· Always
keep a backup copy of your data no matter what device you are using.
· If
your hard drive is making clicking sound that means it needs hardware recovery
so never attempt to open it physically.
· If
you have deleted data by mistake then right away turn OFF your computer and
don’t use it unless data is recovered. If you do so you will be overwriting
sectors and recovery will be impossible.
Conclusion
Data
recovery is a very complex and time consuming process and it requires highly
skilled engineers to extract files from damage drives so it will be always an
expensive process no matter which device you recover. Data Recovery Hong Kong Whenever recovery is
required of files such as photos, music, videos do not attempt to recover on
your own and always ask for professional help. Pictures and Videos means a lot
to people and these files are large in nature so that’s why there recovery is
difficult compared to documents.
