hard drive failure

Let’s talk about hard drive failure. It’s a topic we all want to avoid, right? Well, who really wants to talk about hard drive failure? We all want to avoid the topic but when it happens to us, we think the world is going to end. Okay, that obviously is…

When you have a hard drive failure, it’s almost never something you can plan for. Hard drives fail more frequently as they age, and there are not a lot of things you can do except stay calm, maintain your composure, and most importantly refrain from resorting to violence—especially against your…

Have you ever accidentally spilled water or even worse, coffee, on your laptop computer? Have you ever dropped your phone in the tub or the toilet? Or perhaps you were simply caught in a torrential downpour without an umbrella and with your phone exposed? Water and other liquids are one…

If you’re unfamiliar with what the ubiquitous “Cloud” is, it’s really important to know. All data available on the Internet, regardless of its nature, is stored on large computers known as servers, which are located all over the world. In terms of security, these servers are among the safest in…

Faster processors, retina displays, portability, and battery life have all become popular buzz words for what’s new in computers. However, nothing matters unless you have the ability to store and retrieve information, which in most cases is via an HDD or an SSD. Computer hard drives in the 1980s and…

While regularly backing up data is the most effective method of preventing permanent data loss of almost any kind, computer users should be aware of the basic signs of data loss. By shutting down a hard drive or other storage device as soon as possible when real hard disk problems…

Because hard drives are mechanical devices with a variety of moving parts that must be properly aligned, they are prone to failure and data loss. A common problem is that many computer users do not recognize the symptoms of a failing hard drive right away and continue to use their…

At Hard Drive Recovery Associates, we receive thousands of cases each year, and while no two are exactly alike, we’ve discovered that many of our clients experience data loss for the same reasons in many cases. Here are a few of the most common types of data loss to be…