Modern hard drives are a technological marvel and contain numerous highly sensitive components easily susceptible to physical, electrical, mechanical or logical failures.
The most common physical and electrical problems include bad sectors, read/write head crash or stiction, PCB failure, drive motor and bearing failure, all of which cause the hard drive to cease normal operations and require hands-on drive repair inside a specialized cleanroom environment.
Logical
- Encryption
- Virus/Malware
- Reformat
- Deleted Data
- Ransomware Attack
- SA & Firmware Errors
Physical
- Read Errors
- Bad Sectors
- PCB failure
- Fire Damage
- Water Damage
Mechanical
- Clicking Heads
- Dead Heads
- Torn Heads
- Scratched
- Stuck Motor
Experiencing any of these failures? Stop and immediately power down the hard drive then contact a professional data recovery company for a consultation.