
Case Studies - HDD Recovery
Real examples of successful data recovery from damaged hard drives

Western Digital Mechanical Platter Damage
Problem:
After a drop, the disk was making loud noises and wasn't detected by the system. The client needed to recover important business documents and accounting data.
Solution:
In a clean room environment, we replaced the damaged heads and reconstructed the service zone. We then used specialized hardware for data recovery.
Result:
We successfully recovered 98% of the data including all critical documents.

Seagate Barracuda Electronics Failure
Problem:
The disk wouldn't spin up due to an electronics fault. It contained critical manufacturing data for an industrial company.
Solution:
We diagnosed the PCB fault and performed component transplantation. Then we used PC-3000 to restore access to the data.
Result:
Complete recovery of all data without loss of integrity.

Toshiba Firmware Damage
Problem:
The disk was damaged after a power outage, with partially overwritten firmware. It contained family photos from the last 10 years.
Solution:
Using specialized equipment, we restored the original firmware and then reconstructed the system area.
Result:
We saved all photos and personal documents.