Data loss on a hard drive is a complicated situation that can occur for various reasons. One of the most severe causes of files’ inaccessibility on the device is overheating. High temperature and a hard drive are not good at working together. Thermal damage is a severe consequence of inappropriate storage media performance. Causes of Thermal…
Hard drives are the most common storage media in desktops, laptops, and servers. Technologies for the production of hard drives are constantly evolving, the density of disks is rising, and the speed is increasing. Hard drives are constantly improving in their level of durability and reliability, but the mechanics and electronics are still susceptible to…
Power failure is one of the most frequent and unanticipated causes of hard disk drive failure. A power surge can result in a variety of losses on a hard disk, including problems with the spindle motor, head unit, or electronics board. A hard disk may act differently after a malfunction. Some drives may quit functioning…
Like any other type of media storage, a hard drive is not error-free, and data loss is common for various reasons. Considering the problems of hard drives, it is necessary to mention that data loss is often accompanied by physical damage to the drive. If the media hardware is fully functional, the loss of information,…
The logical malfunction is damage to an arbitrary number of sectors on the hard drive to the point where their reading by the heads in the normal mode of the hard disk becomes impossible. Another scenario is when the surface of the device degrades to a state where reading sectors is possible, but it is…
Magnetic heads are used to read information from hard disk drive’s magnetic platters. Damage to the reading elements of the hard disk is a reasonably common malfunction. During the operation of the disk, the heads are supported on rotating disks by the oncoming airflow. Therefore, even a small impact or a fall during reading is…
Problems with the controller of hard disk drives occur quite often. They can result from a computer power failure, overheating, moisture ingress, or no apparent reason. A board defect can be visible. Most often, there is no sound. The motor does not rotate, and the disk is not detected. The elements of the board may become…
The electronics board or PCB is one of the main components of a hard drive, designed to control the operation of magnetic heads, motor, and interface. Like a computer, the HDD electronics board includes a central processing unit, RAM, ROM, power supplies, and input-output devices. The failure of the electronics board makes it impossible for…
A block of magnetic heads in a hard disk drive is a complex electromechanical component designed to read and write information on the surface of magnetic disks. Damage to the magnetic heads unit is one of the most complicated causes of failure in hard drives. A distinctive feature of this breakdown is that the hard…
WD My Passport hard drives are modern compact portable storage media. The interface used to connect to the computer is USB 3.0. The main reason for the failure of this hard drive, which requires data recovery, is day-to-day operation and transportation. A reasonably common malfunction is the jamming of the read-write mechanism inside the hard…