Recently, we received a Toshiba clicking hard drive data recovery that would spin, initialize and report an ATA ready status; however, when trying to access the data, the drive would click and hang the operating system during boot then display the ‘blue screen of death’. We tested the read write heads individually to pin point which […]
External Data Recovery Microsoft Boot Handlers
Recently I was asked a question about mounting priority, in reference to External Data Recovery,specifically how the Windows 7 operating system would handle the boot sequence in an old boot drive mounted as a slave in a computer with a new boot drive. It brought to the fore front a unique query about the inner […]
Microscopic Particles can cause Data Loss
Data recovery is a technically meticulous process. Cleanliness in the clean room where data recovery occurs is vital. Only 3 nano-meters separates the hard drive disk (HDD) from the actuator arm and read/write heads, which may be persistently buffeted by a wind created when the disk, or platter spins as fast as 7200 RPM. A […]
