In case of any of the above problems further usage of HDD even after the repair is a huge risk to the information stored on it. It would be better to recover the data from it, copy it to another storage device and dispose of the faulty HDD. That’s it.
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Hard drive failure symptoms
Symptoms can be conditionally divided into three groups according to the external manifestation of problem:
1) Hard drive is not recognized in BIOS;
2) Hard drive is recognized in BIOS, but is not accessible from operating system;
3) Operating system recognizes the disk, but when accessing data written on it, the system freezes or gives a fatal error message.
Data Recovery Expert
Viktor S., Ph.D. (Electrical/Computer Engineering), was hired by DataRecoup, the international data recovery corporation, in 2012. Promoted to Engineering Senior Manager in 2010 and then to his current position, as C.I.O. of DataRecoup, in 2014. Responsible for the management of critical, high-priority RAID data recovery cases and the application of his expert, comprehensive knowledge in database data retrieval. He is also responsible for planning and implementing SEO/SEM and other internet-based marketing strategies. Currently, Viktor S., Ph.D., is focusing on the further development and expansion of DataRecoup’s major internet marketing campaign for their already successful proprietary software application “Data Recovery for Windows” (an application which he developed).