In the previous two articles we have discussed how the RAID and some of the decisions the client made in trying to recover the RAID affected the PST file. In addition I discussed that there may have been a stale drive in the array and which probably caused the client to do something that normally […]
What is a Hard Drive Boot Sector?
A common misunderstanding is that because a hard drive is not a boot drive it does not have or need a boot sector, this just isn’t the case. All DOS based (Windows) hard drives have a boot sector. It is often also confused with the MBR (Master Boot Record) which makes things a little more […]
Damaged Hard Drive Recovery
When a hard drive is damaged it almost always comes down to one of two things that are wrong. Either the electronics are bad or the heads have failed. Damaged hard drive recovery involves repairing the parts that are broken and then accessing the data stored on the platters. The image below shows details of […]