HARD DISK DATA LOSS SCENARIOS
A hard drive on a desktop computer can fail due to either physical or logical damage. There are a variety of ways that your device can experience data loss. Some common data loss scenarios include:
PHYSICAL FAILURE:
- Clicking or grinding hard drive
- Water or fire damage
- Read/write failures
- Not recognized by BIOS
LOGICAL FAILURES
- Viruses
- Accidental deletion
- File/Software Corruption
- Drive Reformatting
What to Do If Your Desktop is Failing
To give your desktop the best chance of a full recovery, immediately power it down if you notice any failure symptoms. Do not attempt to open the hard drive yourself or perform DIY recovery. Opening the drive outside of a clean room environment can cause data loss as the dust particles in the air will scratch the drive platters.
Using hard disk data recovery software will overwrite your data when it attempts to boot on your system. Avoid using recovery software as it puts your data at risk and will not recover all of the critical files you need. The best course of action to take for a failed desktop is to safely power down the media and call a data recovery specialist to perform desktop file recovery.
Why Choose pcprompt Data Recovery
Pcprompt Data Recovery works with all desktop hard drive manufacturers and supports all operating systems. Some of the desktop HDDs we support include:
- Western Digital
- Seagate
- Hitachi
- Toshiba
- Samsung
- Fujitsu
- Apple and more.
External Drive Recovery
External drive (HDD) are used as a secondary form of storage and a reliable backup method. Portable and easy to use, external hard drives typically consist of a standard 2.5″ or 3.5″ hard drive in a simple enclosure with an external port that connects to a computer or other media devices, most commonly via USB. When an external hard drive fails or becomes damaged, Pcprompt Data Recovery has qualified recovery experts with industry-leading and professional external hard disk data recovery services.
Some of the external hard drive manufacturers we work with are:
- Seagate
- SanDisk
- Western Digital
- Toshiba
- Samsung
- Sony, and many others