Do you need help to recover your laptop hard drive data? Then you have
come to the right place. What ever your laptop computer type Toshiba Dell laptops or
notebooks We'll help you to make right decision in data recovery.
The difference laptop / notebook and desktop hard drives
As you can see laptop drives are smaller as a result the recovry of data is difficult
than desktop drives. There are design similarities in both drives.The physical size of desktop drive is 3.5" while notebook is 2.5" and 1.8". Both drives come in as IDE and Serial ATA but you can't fix a desktop drive in to a laptop or vise visa. Both drives are also can be upgrade according to your needs. Some vey small types of notebooks this is not possible. Most notebooks drives today use IDE to connect to pc.
Data recovery Methods
Recovery Software
This is a kind software capable of restoring all deleted files, lost files
by empting recycle bin or even recover files due to hard disk format,
virus infection or even due to any kind of system failure.
Normally they can
*) Restore deleted files
*) Restore Graphic files
*) Restore Music & Video files
*) Restore Zip Files
Recovery Companies
These are companies who hire special skill people to recover lost data.
Compare to softwares mehod this method is expensive but provides good service.
How to make right decision in laptop data recovery
if it's just a deleted or virus infection or similar type of
situation you should use software or if it's due to fire or
physical damage you should consult a data recovery company.
Laptop data recovery types
Including but not limited to followings,
*) Due to fire
*) Due to rain
*) Boot errors
*) Get crashed to casings
*) Clicking noise problems
*) Virus attacks
*) Hard disk head errors
*) Format errors
*) Invald partitions
*) Corrupt file errors
*) Accidently deleted files
*) Disk surface damages
*) Boot sector errors
*) Power failure damages
How data written to hard drive
Disk consists of read write heads which uses magnetic particles to read
or write on disk. The distance between head and plate is width of a
paper. It rotates at 5000-15000 rpm(round per second)
Common Laptop Data Recovery Situations
*) Mechanical Disk errors
*) Failures due to drop laptop
*) File deletion
*) Disk formatting
*) Corrupt Partitions or files
*) Physical damages
*) Damages due to electrical discharges
*) Virus attacks
*) Errors caysed by software
*) Blue screen disply due to disk error
How to avoid data lost
The only way to avoid loss data is to backup data in to a external disk or
in to a external storage media like dvd-rom. You should think of it as a
contengency plan for your important data.
Main causes of hard disk failures
*) Over heat is a main reason for hard disk malfunction
*) Viruses can also damage hard disk
*) Too vibration or movement of disk while it's in fuction mode
*) Power failures or short circuit situations
