hard drive failure

At Hard Drive Recovery Associates, we specialize in recovering data from damaged hard drives (HDD), solid state drives (SSD), and RAID and NAS systems. We’ve also provided guides about external drive storage suggestions, the differences between types of hard drives, and how hard drives degrade over time. One question worth…

Keeping a hard drive for a good long time isn’t really that difficult. You’ll of course want to check out part 1 of this article, located here, and also take advantage of those hard disk tips. So, for tip #1, you’ll always want to Ensure that you effectively manage the…

Have you ever pondered the question of how you could extend the life of your computer system’s hard drive? The idea that the hard drive in your computer will continue to function for as long as the computer itself is not an uncommon thought, but is indeed a fantasy. Depending…

There are quite a few things you can do to extend the life of your hard drive and prevent hard disk failure. This article will talk about five seriously important ones. Have you ever pondered the question of how you could extend the life of your hard drive? The idea…

Hard drives and solid state drives remain at the core of most computers, really, making them virtually indispensable when it comes to operating almost any system. In spite of the fact that faster processors, retina displays, portability, and battery life have all become the poster features for what’s new in…

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…