What happens when we repair a Hard Drive / Hard Disc
/ Hard Disk?
Apex Technology provide a Professional Hard Disk Drive Repair and Data Recovery
Service. We have the specialist hardware to fix your Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery HardDisk / HardDisc / HardDrive and recover the data from the drive.
Although the harddisk undergoes repair, we never recommend using them again for
data storage.
Usually by the time a Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery hard drive reaches us it is the last chance to recover the data from
it. The hard disk undergoes repair purely to extract the data from it. We repair
all types of faulty hard disks, mechanical, electronic, software, virus, firmware
problems. We repair Desktop & Laptop Notebook Hard disk drives IDE ATA drives,
Serial-ATA SATA drive repairs.
When is it time to call a specialist Hard Disk Drive Repair Centre? There
are various faults that you may observe during the harddrive or harddisc operation.
Discs can go faulty, we have seen many cases including smoke, firmware, dropped
drives. This section contains useful information on diagnosing Hard Disk Drive
faults. Also included is a list of hard disk drives which we have fixed and any
useful data sheets on Hard Disk Drives.
Cost of Data Recovery or Hard Disk / Disc or File repair
For more information on our Data Recovery or Hard Disk Drive Repair capabilities
and pricing please click
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We recover data in the UK from the following Hard Disks
Western Digital, Fujitsu, IBM, Hitachi, Toshiba, Quantum, Seagate, Lacie, Conner,
TEAC, Samsung, Kalok, Iomega
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here to see a list of disks we recover data when they are not recognised in BIOS
Buffalo Tera-Station NAS XFS 0.6TB, 1.0TB, 2.0TB
Lacie Carte Orange USB Disk Drive Data Recovery
Lacie 80GB 160GB 200GB 250GB 320G 400GB 500GB Serial ATA SATA
Lacie Companion Hard Drive, Design by F.A. Porsche 250GB USB 2.0
Firewire USB2.0 Firewire Desktop Mini, Big Disk Extreme, Bigger Disk Extreme
Common Faults observed in Hard Disk Drives - Failure - Failed - Dead!
Defective Hard Disk Drive Heads
Commonly known as the 'Click of Death'. Your hard drive is on its way out, along
with your data. One of the noisy hd faults.
A common fault which is usually easy to spot. When the drive is initially powered
up, a logic check ensures that the drive has attained the necessary speed before
launching the heads across the platter. If the drive can not attain a 'Ready'
state, the logic is repeated for a pre-determined number of times causing a clicking
sound, after which it stops trying.Your Hard Disk Drive Data Recovery hard disk drive now appears dead. Do not run 'software' recovery
programs in this state. They cause Disk I/O read / writes, and this places increased
stress on the heads, which causes errors to be written to the disk, further decreasing
the chances of data recovery.
Crashed Hard Disk Drive Heads
The hard drive is most likely making a grinding and scraping noise. Think dentist
drill, its painful, and thats how it feels for your drive. Sounds nasty and is
stripping the magnetic coating off the platters. Immediately turn the drive off
and disconnect it from your computer. Then call us. Repeated use in this state
is rapidly decreasing the chances of recovery. The sooner we can start the recovery,
the greater the chance of success before it totally corrupts the hard drive data
platter.
Again, do not run 'software' recovery programs in this state. They cause Disk
I/O read / writes, and this places increased stress on the heads, which causes
errors to be written to the disk, further decreasing the chances of data recovery.
Hard Disk Drive Motor Failure
The motor spins usually between 4200rpm upwards to around 15000rpm in todays higher
end desktop drives. It is precisely controlled to enable synchronisation for reading
the data off the platters. It fails in two main ways. The first is fairly obvious,
it simply doesn't spin or won't start. Perhaps due to a power surge, spark or
incorectly plugging the power lead in. You can usually feel a slight vibration
or hear a humming sound on the drive when it powers up. If you can't then it is
likely the motor isn't spinning. Erratic speed variations of the motor may cause
the drive to take an extended period of time to come to the 'Ready' state. Prolonged
or repeatedly powering the drives could well cause further damage. Disconnect
the drive and give us a call for recovery of the data from the drive. Again, do
not run 'software' recovery programs in this state. They cause Disk I/O read /
writes, and this places increased stress on the heads, which causes errors to
be written to the disk, further decreasing the chances of data recovery.
Hard Disk Drive not seen in BIOS
You may wonder what the BIOS is? BIOS stands for Basic Input/Output System
and in simple terms it provides a set of instructions to your computer, telling
it how to start, and interface to the first 'Boot' device. When it has reached
the first boot device, it can receive further instructions from there, and eventually
load your operating system. During the start-up, the BIOS may have failed to detect
the Hard Drive, and therefore is not shown. First check all connections and try
again.
If it still won't work, then the recognition failure may be caused by a number
of factors, eg corrupt boot sector, however, at startup on your computer you can
tell whether the drive is being seen by the system BIOS. Power up the computer,
and look for the on-screen instruction to tell you how to enter the BIOS. Usually
this is achieved by pressing F1, F2 or DEL keys. Examine the menus for options
on viewing the BIOS IDE peripheral setup and set your BIOS to automatically detect
IDE drives. On some BIOSes there is an option to "automatically detect hard
drives now". If you run this option and the computer 'hangs' or appears inactive
for a a minute or more then it is likely that your Hard Disk Drive had failed
to be recognised by the system BIOS.
Power Surge, Reversed Polarity, Power Supply plugged in the wrong way around
This is a frequent occurence - particularly plugging the power lead in the wrong
way around. Despite the shape of the molex connector, the cheaper versions are
often made of soft plastic and can easily be plugged in incorrectly. Often this
results in the drive appearing totally dead with no noise coming from the motor
and an unpleasant burning smell. Similar faults occur when a mains power surge
can damage the computer motherbaord and hard drive circuitry. Immediately unplug
the computer from the mains supply and withdraw the hard drive to a safe place
until recovery can take place.
Useful Data Sheets on Hard Disk Drives We recover data and repair the following
Hard Disk Drives
Western Digital, Fujitsu, IBM, Hitachi, Toshiba, Quantum, Seagate, Conner, TEAC,
Samsung, Kalok, Iomega
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here to see a list of hard disks we recover data from or repair when they are
not recognised in BIOS
Hard
Disk Drive Knowledgebase and Database
Fujitsu
MPG3 series Hard Drive Data Sheets
Fujitsu
MPF3 series Hard Drive Data Sheets
Desktop Laptop Notebook USB & Firewire IEEE1394 harddisks
We recover desktop and laptop notebook harddisks, master/slave discdrives, USB
Firewire hard discs, and have our own Class 100 clean room facilities as required
by harddisc manufacturers for rebuilding failed drives.
Repair / Recover fix Mechanical / Electrical / Firmware Hard Diskdrive Problems
Hard Disk Drive not recognised in BIOS. Dropped harddiscs, smoking harddrives!
Hard Disk Drive Noisy, Clicking, Scraping, Sound. Disc Drive Head crashes.
Repair / Recover from following Operating File Systems
Data recovery for FAT FAT32 and NTFS file systems.
Linux with EXT2fs, EXT3, XFS, reiserfs & jfs filesystems on standalone &
RAID volumes
Recover from partitions, even if the boot sector or FAT has been erased or damaged
Recover files with the original time and date stamp
Recover files on network drives
Recover from all Win 95, Win 98, Win ME, NT 4.0, Windows™ XP and Windows™
2000 systems.
Recover / retrieve files in the following situations
- UNC Uncorrectable Data Error - especially Maxtor SATA
- Mains Power Surge
- Reversed power polarity / voltage from incorrectly plugging in power leads or
cable
- Fix Broken Pin or Pins on the Data Cable IDE SATA SCSI Connector
- Corruption of file systems FAT
- Corrupt Files
- Recycle Bin emptied or files were deleted without Recycle Bin
- Hardware or software failures
- Power failure
- HDD (Hard Disk Drive) not recognised in BIOS, computer not detecting harddiscs
- Virus attack
- Formatted Hard drives
- System shutdown
- Partitioning or boot-up sector problems
- Controller pcb Board failure / burnt
- Discdrive making repeated clicking sound
- No spin on diskdrive motor
- Forgotten or Lost Password removal from Hard Disk.
Main
Locations covered for Hard Disk Drive
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We have undertaken Hard Disk Drive
repairs & data recovery throughout the UK
from Brighton, London, Birmingham and Manchester.
Hard
Disk Drive Data Recovery covers
Brighton, London, Manchester, Birmingham, Oxford, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Cheshire,
Derbyshire, North West, West Midlands, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Stafford, Newcastle
under Lyme, Stoke on Trent, Stone, Burton on Trent, Lichfield, Shrewsbury, Telford,
Newport, Cannock, Rugeley, Uttoxeter, Keele, Trentham, Blythe Bridge, Cheadle,
Barlaston, Festival Park, Hastings, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, Tamworth,
Bedford, Cambridge, Northampton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire, Peterborough,
Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, Middlesex, Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Lowestoft, Northamptonshire,
Nottinghamshire, Warwickshire, Atherstone, Stevenage, Luton, Hemel Hempstead,
Glasgow, Scotland, Edinburgh, Fort William, Dundee, Perth, Stirling, Paisley,
Dumfries, Elgin, Peterhead, Fraserburgh, Oban, Basildon, Romford, Chelmsford,
Benfleet, Southampton, Edgbaston, Islington, Macclesfield, Bridgnorth, Bradford,
Sheffield, Leeds, Yorkshire, Fife, Kircaldy, Suffolk, Thetford, Bury St.Edmunds,
Ipswich, Newcastle upon Tyne, South Shields, Sunderland, Northumbria, Middlesborough,
Hartlepool, Preston, Darlington, Rotherham, Penrith, Workington, Lancaster, Durham,
Barrow in Furness, Gateshead, Carlisle, Teeside, Stockton on Tees, Erith, Kent,
Ashford, Northhants, Wellingborough, Northamptonshire, Bristol, Swindon, Bournemouth,
Plymouth, Hastings, Maidstone, Southend on sea, Aberdeen, Inverness, Bridgnorth,
Flakirk, Cardiff, Swansea, Chester, Liverpool, Blackpool, Aberystwyth, Wrexham,
Carmarthen, Hull, Norwich, Gloucester, Bridgend, Torquay, Bath, Cantebury, Portsmouth,
Exeter, AbuDhabi, Dubai, Sharajah, Belgium, New Zealand, Epsom, Surrey, Northern Ireland, Belfast,
Dublin, Londonderry, Armagh, Cork, Eire
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Data Recovery
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Client Comments
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| 160GB Seagate Firmware 3.AAC not spinning or recognised in computer BIOS |
| 07/04/2008, Nick Hews, Active Computing, Barnstaple, Exeter |
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Just to say thanks from our client for a speedy and successful data recovery. If something like this happens again you will be top of our list to call!
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| Archos USB drive file system not recognised |
| 10/01/2008, Hubna Butt, Bradford, Yorkshire |
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Thank you I have received the recovered dvd. I’d also like to thank you for a very prompt service, if ever I need any media recovering then I shall most definitely be using your company
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| Buffalo Terastation TS-0.6TGL/R5 0.6GB RAID5, E21 chip failure Network Controller. |
| 15/10/2007, Adam Monnery, AppiChar Ltd, London |
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Marvellous, thank you for all you’ve done. The client was very impressed with the speed and level of service… we’ll certainly be using you again!
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News Items
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| Western Digital WD NetCenter Data Recovery |
| 16/06/2007, Apex Technology |
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Apex Technology now offer Data Recovery for the WD NetCenter when it has lost its share folder, or when the NetCentre cannot be viewed through the utility. Recover accidental removal of the Share Folder. Gradual failing or reporting of incorrect file size. Lost File & Folders on the NetCentre. Also recovery from Corrupt Superblock. The Western Digital NetCenter is not visible from a standard Windows system.
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| Netgear SC101 firmware and drive partition data recovery |
| 16/06/2007, Apex Technology |
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Data Recovery for Netgear SC101. Following firmware upgrade the drive partition has been known to disappear. Apex now offers data recovery of files and folders from the SC101. The SC101 uses a proprietary file-system and is not visible from a standard Windows or Linux system. Sometimes (when the SC101 is in Mirror drive mode RAID1 one drive disappears from the system for a while. A user upgrades the firmware and then nothing is visiable on te drive. Contact Apex Technology for data recovery.
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| Adaptec SATA RAID Data Recovery. |
| 17/03/2007, Apex |
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Apex Technology can recover your data from such advanced data protection features which are currently available for the Adaptec SATA2 Serial ATA II RAID 2420SA four-port controller, the Adaptec SATA Serial ATA II RAID 2820SA eight-port controller, the Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID 4800SAS eight-port PCI-X controller and the Adaptec Serial Attached SCSI RAID 4805SAS eight-port PCIe controller. These include Hot Space (RAID 5EE) and Striped Mirror (RAID 1E).
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