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Hard Disk Failure Find Out its Symptoms & Causes

Naitik Semwaal

8/29/2016

Hard disk failure is the most difficult circumstance a

computer user can ever confront. This may bring about

data loss forever. Being an imperative part of computer,

hard disk failure can bring about extreme issues. You

can’t use a computer system if it doesn’t have a hard disk.

Indeed, even an invalid or corrupt hard disk can bring

about inaccessibility. Before going further from here, we

should first discuss hard disk and its significance.

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Hard Disk Drive (HDD): Hard plate is essentially a storage device that can store a very

large amount of data and information, and give you quick access to them. It is otherwise called

the principle storage media device of a computer system. All your data which are stored in the

hard drive stay in it regardless of the fact that the system is turned off.

Importance of Hard Disk

The hard drive allows your computer system to start. Without a hard drive, a computer

system cannot be booted up.

Because of the hard drive, all your data and information are saved on your computer.

All the functions and actions of your computer depend on its hard disk. Without a hard

disk, your computer system cannot be worked or functioned at all.

Now let’s discuss about crash or damage in a hard disk that makes it unable to be opened. Once

in a while people get mistook for operating system crash and hard disk crash. Both are not same

at all. There’s a contrast between them. Operating system crash happens because of logical

failure whether you’re using Windows, Mac or Linux operating system. On the other hand, hard

disk crash happens because of physical failure. In both these circumstances, your information

can’t be accessed but available there in the hard disk.



Determine Hard Disk Failure

To begin with you have to decide the factor of hard disk failure, i.e. logical failure or physical

failure, which causes crash in your computer machine. At whatever point a system gets crashed

down, it basically gets to be not able boot to the operating system. Error messages can help you

know the cause behind the crash, i.e. either logical or physical. As physical failure causes crash

in system hard disk, you have to think about it. On the off chance that your computer machine

doesn’t boot and you get a few hints of clicking, grinding or whirring noise, this implies the

accident in brought about because of the physical failure. Until unless the genuine cause is

resolved, neither boot your computer system nor reload the operating system.

Reasons for Hard Disk Failure

There are several reasons which may cause hard disk failure, ranging from manufacturer’s fault

to human errors.

Manufacturer’s Fault

Check for the symptoms given below:

Your hard disk cannot be detected or recognized by the computer system anyhow.

Your computer system fails to boot or it hangs while the booting process is running.

Solution: If your hard disk gets crashed down due to manufacturer’s fault, you must contact the

manufacturer or the person from whom you purchased the hard disk. You may also need to

contact the customer care center for hard disk replacement. You faulty hard disk will be replaced

with a new one and make sure that the hard disk is properly checked or examined before getting

delivered to you. Though you will get a new hard disk, but you will lose all your data which

were stored in the faulty hard disk. The hard disk manufacturer will not be liable to recover your

data from the faulty hard disk.

You purchase a brand new hard disk from a well-known hard disk

manufacturer. After a few days of purchasing, your hard disk stops

working. You get a crash in your hard disk. It sounds unusual, but this

can happen if there is any manufacturer’s fault in it. Usually what

happens, some faulty hard disks are delivered to the customers without

proper testing or examining.



Overheating


Your CPU fans are moving very slowly or not moving at all.

You find some clicking sounds and other unexpected noises are arising from your system

while booting.

Solution: If overheating is the cause behind your hard disk crash, you need to check the fans in

your cabinet. They must be working in a good condition. Faulty CPU fans cause overheating, so

avoid them. Do not forget to give proper maintenance to your computer system in a regular

manner. Always use a good quality of cabinet box that contains enough fans for proper cooling

of your computer system. Using SMART (Self-monitoring, analysis and reporting technology)

tools are highly recommended.

Unexpected Power Failure


Your system BIOS (Basic Input Output System) fails to detect your system hard disk.

Your system hard disk becomes unable to spin.

Solution: Make sure there is no interruption between your computer system and main power

supply. Check whether your computer machine is getting the required power supply or not.

Always use a UPS device with your computer system that provides power backup to your system

in the event of sudden power failure.

Unexpected power failure can cause minor or sometimes serious

damage to your system hard disk, and result in hard disk failure.

Sometimes low or high power supply can cause your system be

turned off in an unexpected manner. This happens if you are not

using a UPS or using a poor quality UPS device. Poor quality UPS

may not be able to provide the required power supply to the

computer system.

Overheating in your hard disk is one of the most common reasons

behind hard disk failure. The situation of hard disk crash due to

overheating occurs in a frequent manner. Improper maintenance of

your system, poor quality of cabinet box, faulty CPU fans, etc. can

cause overheating in your system hard disk. Sometimes high power

supply can also cause overheating in your system and can affect your

hard disk.



Mechanical Failure


Your hard disk drive starts making click sounds.

Files and folders in your computer system cannot be viewed or become invisible.

Solution: To avoid mechanical failure from hard disk, make sure you update your computer

system in a regular manner. Use an Antivirus program to scan your computer system for viruses

and do not forget to update it time by time. Never let your hard disk be old enough, i.e. replace

your system hard disk after 3-4 years even if the hard disk is in good condition.

Corrupted/Invalid Data


Your files and folders, which are saved on your computer, cannot be accessed.

Your operating system fails to boot.

Solution: Never ever turn off your PC in an abnormal manner. Always use the specified way to

shut down the computer system. Do not make haste to closing the running application or

programs. Give the required time to programs to get properly cancelled. Avoid installing the

applications which are downloaded from untrustworthy source.

Mechanical failure in your hard disk drive usually occurs due to some

internal causes which include bad sectors in hard disk, spindle motor

fails to perform rotation, power supply issues, and many more. An old

hard disk may cause many critical issues and problems, or if you have

formatted the hard disk more than the specified limit, your hard disk

might be in severe danger.

Your computer data can become corrupted or invalid due to various

reasons, such as: virus infection or attacks, abnormal system

shutdown, accidental cancellation of running program, use of

untrustworthy malware or freeware programs, frequent power failure,

many others. Any of these reasons can play an important role in

corruption, and after that your hard disk becomes unstable and starts

functioning in a proper manner.



Human Errors

The symptoms of human errors cannot be explained.

Solution: Human errors can be avoided by following some simple things which include: avoid

any type of unwanted modification or alteration to the system files, avoid formatting the hard

disk more than its specified limit, and never let any unauthorized person to use your computer in

your absence or even in presence.

Professional Recovery Solution

Above are the few common factors behind hard disk failure. How would you deal with this

situation? Do you have any fix for it? Generally, people recommend data recovery services at the

time of hard disk failure. Such services are provided by data recovery experts for recovering your

data from corrupt/damaged drives. Or you can just do it by yourself. There are many software

companies in the market which provide professional tools for recovering data from hard disk

drives. One of them is SysInfoTools Software, a trustworthy name in the market for providing

Widows utilities in the field of data recovery and email management & migration. You can try

its amazing Windows Data Recovery software that has been programmed for recovering

corrupted, lost as well as deleted data from hard disk drives.

Why to choose this software?

Just have a quick look at the key features of this software:

Support recovery from corrupt hard disk drives containing NTFS (New Technology File

System) and FAT (File Allocation Table) file systems;

Support both partition table formats: MBR (Master Boot Record) and GPT (GUID

Partition Table);

Multiple recovery modes for handling different level of corruption, i.e.

Standard & Advanced for recovering data from FAT file system, and Standard,

Advanced & Deep for recovering data from NTFS file system;

Preview of recovered data can be seen in a tree-structure mode;

Auto-search feature for searching particular files or types in the tree-structure;

Free evaluation of the software before purchasing its licensed version

Human errors are the mistakes done by a human which cause serious

damage to the system and its hard drive. Such mistakes include:

modification in the registry files of the system, alteration in files’

attributes of the system and many more. Sometimes an unauthorized

person can access your computer and make it faulty or damage. This

is also included in human error. Human error is always considered

one of the main causes for data loss or corruption.

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Important note: Before purchasing the software, I would recommend users to first download its

licensed version. If you can see your data in the tree-structure, you can purchase the software to

save them.