What not to do in case of Hard Drive Failure?

 


Hard Drive failure can bring in about panic, chaos and bad decision making in a very short period of time. The first thing you need to do is STOP. Stop where ever you are and DO NOT try anything before you get hold of things.

There is a right way and a wrong way for data recovery on just about any system. And most of the people do it the wrong way. Here's a few tips and information on what not to do, in regards to data recovery.

·         Do not open your hard drive and expose data. Only a qualified hard drive data recovery engineer in a certified clean room environment should ever open a hard drive.

·         There may be firmware/system area conflict issues that may cause major problems so never try to swap circuit boards on modern drives.

·         Do not ask your friends for help if they are not qualified data recovery engineer.

·         Do not try any home remedy on the net such keeping the hard drive in freezer. Moisture can cause severe damage to your Hard Drive. Seek professional help if you value the lost data.

·         Do not switch on and switch off power a non-responsive or a clicking hard drive.

·         DO not install recovery software on the same drive/partition that your lost files are on, you will overwrite them with the installation.

·         DO not run the recovery CD/DVD furnished with your PC. Most OEM helpdesk techs Don't care about your data; they only want the hardware back on line.

Stop where you are and call Payam Data Recovery at 1300 444 800 if you value the data on your hard drive. We offer full data recovery facilities at our labs in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide in Australia and in Auckland, New Zealand.



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