Because of their portability physically damaged external drives are rather common data loss cases. In fact, the majority of such cases received at our lab for recovery are result of a fall or drop. External hard drives are also not immune to traditional drives data loss scenarios such as human error, computer viruses, natural disasters, and other failure types:
- Software or firmware damage may cause the hard drive to become unreadable with inaccessible data due to lost partition, file deletion, accidental re-formatting, or other corruption issue.
- Problems with the controller board on the hard disk may result in electronic failure.
- Mechanical failure can occur when components on the disk become faulty a crashed head, failed motor or damaged PCB board and read/write head assembly.
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- Power off your external hard drive to prevent unrecoverable damage.
- If your drive is making strange mechanical noises, any further operation of the device can lead to permanent data loss.
- To avoid any accidental data overwrites, do not try to use DIY software.
- If you are missing any files, your data went raw, or you simply deleted a document by accident, contact a data recovery expert to maximize your data recovery chances.
- If you experience hard drive water damage, do NOT try to dry the device.
- Drying a wet hard drive can cause permanent damage due to a corrosion process. Instead place it into an air-tight plastic bag and ship it to Data Recovery Labs. Contact us for shipping instructions.
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- Confirm your hardware, virtualization software configuration and backup system
- Assess the data loss scenario and possible failure reasons
- Provide advice to prevent further data loss
- Advise on next steps for the best and most cost-effective data recovery solution