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Can I recover my data from a physically damaged hard drive?

21 November 2025 3:46:29 AM

Has your hard drive ever fallen from your desk? Or have you ever accidentally dropped it? Scenarios like these could cause a hard drive to experience physical media damage (PMD) and as a result, lose...

29 August 2025 8:32:02 AM

Checklist: What to do in case of data loss?

1. Do not change anything about the current situation Stop working and turn off the affected device. In the event of (incipient) physical damage, the medium and the data stored on it may be damaged...

7 April 2025 6:38:44 AM

How can I recover data from a computer that won't boot?

There are several possible causes of start-up problems. Your computer may no longer start up. Or the PC may turn on, but Windows won't boot. Finally, there are cases where the computer simply won't...

27 September 2024 7:26:33 AM

(External) Hard Drive Not Detected or Not Recognized?

Sometimes our storage devices, hard drives, memory cards or other USB sticks are not recognised by the operating system, making it impossible to access our professional or personal data. Here is some...

31 October 2023 8:21:42 AM

How do hard drives work?

Data is stored on a hard drive in binary code, using 1s and 0s. The information is spread out on the magnetic layer of the disk(s) and are read or written by the read heads that 'float' above the...

25 October 2023 9:57:39 AM

Hard drive history, structure and operation

The hard drive is one of the most vital elements of all modern computers and is at the heart of our work: data recovery. Our 30+ years of experience has given us the opportunity to work on almost all...

1 September 2022 10:15:02 AM

HDD MTBF: Hard drive failure prediction

At Ontrack, we’re well aware that data loss can affect anyone. For many of us, it comes in the form of hard disk drive (HDD) failure; mechanical and electronic defects that render the information...

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