Damage Source

How do you know if you require Data Recovery Services?

Common symptoms that your media is requiring professional data recovery services are:

- Hard drive is producing clunking sounds
- Hard drive is producing clicking sounds
- Hard drive is producing knocking sounds
- Hard drive is producing whistling sounds
- Hard drive is producing grinding sounds
- Hard drive is producing smoke
- Hard drive is physically burnt
- Hard drive is water damaged
- Hard drive is virus infected
- Operating system freezing
- Operating system hanging
- Operating system not booting
- Computer restarting
- BIOS not detecting drive
- Accidental file deletion
- Accidental drive formatting
- System "blue screens"
- Drive is not formatted

Leading Causes Of Data Loss:

1. Hardware & system failure
2. Human Error (accidental deletion & overwrites)
3. Software Corruption (upgrades & installations)
4. Electrical damage (power surges, outages)
5. Natural Disasters (floods, fires, earthquakes)
6. Computer viruses Malicious behavior (disgruntled employees)
7. Backup tools and techniques are not implemented

Damage concludes into two parts::

1.Physical Damage:
Hard drive failure, No signals of hard drive detection, Unable to read/write, Track/Sector/Head failure, Track/Sector/Head wear, Water/Fire damaged.

2.Logical Damage:
Improper format/ delete sector/ delete file / partition / Ghost, Ghost overwrite.

You know you are facing a data loss situation when:

- You suddenly encounter a situation where you are unable to access data from your system or backup, which was functioning quite well until now.

- Your data has been accidentally deleted or the data control structures have been overwritten erroneously.

- Your data has been corrupted or you are unable to access the data stored in media due to physical damage or problems in the operating system.