How to Fix Damaged Hard Drive

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How to Fix damaged hard drive?

• Hard drive Failure and Recovery

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What is Hard drive?

• A hard drive is a place for storing data
  digitally. The data gets stored on a stack of
  disks which spin extremely fast at up to 7200
  RPM.
• The above image is a typical representation of a
  hand .A hard drive is slightly larger than a
  hand.

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Types of Failure in hard drive
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Registry error

• Problems like Windows can't access the registry,
  that the registry is missing, or that the
  registry is corrupted, among others are slated
  under the category registry errors.
• Registry errors can be caused by improperly
  uninstalled applications that leave registry
  entries that cause start-up problems

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Virus attack

• Virus attack could ruin the performance of the
  system to such extent that one has no alternative
  but to dump his system.
• Some of the major reasons could be downloading
  software utilities from unsecured sites leading
  to the installation of various malicious software
  in addition to the original one.

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Human error

• Errors include installing incorrect directories,
  following wrong instructions, modifying system
  registry settings, changing system file
  properties or operations.

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Logical/mechanical error

• Hard drives are very much prone to errors on the
  mechanical and logical front.
• Bad sectors, error on the part of mechanic or
  technician producing the hard disk come under
  such type of errors

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Bad sector on hard disk

• Bad sectors are divided into two types logical
  bad sectors and physical bad sectors.
• Logical bad sectors appear because of the
  software error and these bad sectors can be
  repaired easily with some software.
• Physical bad sectors are usually caused by the
  magnetic media error. It is very difficult to fix
  bad sectors of such kind.

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Hard drive recovery methods
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System file checker

• The system file checker scan all system files and
  replace damaged file with a backup copy if the
  error occurs from system file errors or
  corruption thus leading to detection of hard disk
  problem.

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Anti-virus

• Use an Anti-Virus Program to scan and recover
  your damaged files and folders. The Anti-virus
  used should be updated and should be of a good
  reputation .

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chkdsk

• Another built in tool the CHKDSK can be used if
  the above utility does not work out. Provided the
  error comes from file system problems, CHKDSK
  must be able to fix it.

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Use of Data Recovery Softwares

• Various Data Recovery Tools are being made
  available in the market lending high end support
  for data recovery and restoration. Of the many
  one could try the SysInfoTools Data Recovery
  Tool. Apart from being quick and accurate
  SysInfoTools also provide a fantastic customer
  support.
• How to Fix damaged hard drive