Hard drive failure is an unavoidable reality in today's technologically advanced era. Imagining such an event is tough if we take into account staggering rates with which data is growing. An organization's prosperity rate highly depends on its continuous access to data. And, in the absence of its critical business data – operational, customer database, sales ledgers etc – an organization doesn't stand anywhere. Realizing the need to provide support to disaster-stricken organizations and individuals, in the absence of valid backups, many hard disk data recovery options have surfaced in recent times.

Causes of hard drive failure

Many data recovery companies have taken the onus to rescue organizations and individuals from frightening hard drive failures. Be it a head crash or a broken hard drive, data can be recovered provided you avail hard disk recovery services from experts. Below is the list of prominent causes which lead to a hard drive failure

• Firmware issues: Firmware is an embedded code which controls a hard disk's basic functions. If the firmware gets corrupted, a hard disk will not be able to interact with a computer

• Electronic failure: A power surge or spike can prove disastrous to the controller board of the hard disk, making it undetectable in the BIOS (basic input/output system)

• Mechanical failure: These failures occur due to problems with internal components of a hard disk. Head crash, spindle motor failure, and heads sticking to platters are some of the damages which constitute mechanical failure

• Logical Errors: These comprise of virus attacks, human errors, file system corruption, MBR failure, deleted data, formatted drive, boot sector failure and so on.

Warning signals before an impending hard disk failure

You must not take early signs of warning very lightly. A hard disk is bound to exhibit various symptoms in varying degrees if it is about to fail. Predicting and judging the symptoms at an initial stage may save you from the trauma of losing all the vital information to a serious hard drive crash. Let's have a look at some of the common indications:

• “Drive not formatted,” “Operating System not found,” “No fixed disk present” and other error messages • Crunching and grinding noises from the drive • Desktop is not able to boot • Blue screen of death • Desktop hangs and freezes too often

Recovering data post hard drive failure

Hard disk recovery experts employ advanced recovery techniques to deal varied cases of data loss, depending upon the nature of hard drive failure. Moreover, they are proficient in performing invasive recovery on physically damaged hard disks. There is no dearth of options in India when it comes to retrieving data from hard disks. But it is recommended that you must opt for a data recovery company which has necessary resources to deal with crisis.

Stellar Information Systems Ltd is a pioneer in providing cost-effective, reliable and safe hard disk data recovery services to affected individuals and organizations in India. The company has well-trained technicians, a vast array of tools and Class 100 Clean Rooms to recover data from all types of hard drives. You can contact the company through any of its 12 centers in India viz Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Chandigarh, Chennai, Delhi, Gurgaon, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Mumbai, Noida, Pune and Vashi.