Case Studies - HDD Recovery

Real examples of successful data recovery from damaged hard drives

Western Digital Mechanical Platter Damage

Recovery time: 5 days
Success rate: 98%
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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

Recovery time: 3 days
Success rate: 100%
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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

Recovery time: 4 days
Success rate: 99%
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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.