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Here are some of our recent data recovery blog posts for your enjoyment. Please remember that anything posted here is for informational purposes only. Data Medics takes no responsibility for data recovery operations not directly performed by us.
Data Recovery Case Study #12 WD2500JB-00REA0
Initial Hard Drive Information Model: Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JB-00REA0 FW: 20.00K20 DCM: DBBHYT2CHN Date: 16 NOV 2006 LBA: 488397168 Symptoms: Customer describes that drive just stopped spinning one day. Drive appears to have been opened previously at an...
Data Recovery Case Study #11 (RAID 10 Array ST3750330NS)
Initial RAID 10 Diagnostic Drives #2 and #3 from the RAID 1+0 array appear to be in a mirror set, both drives are relatively healthy and synchronized up to 1 day ago. Data on this mirror set described as having been previously recovered by them (obviously a partial...
Data Recovery Case Study #10 (WD My Book WD500KS-00MNB0)
In this data recovery case study we'll be working on a Western Digital hard drive model WD500KS-00MNB0 pulled from a My Book external enclosure. Hard drive has failed read/write heads and require clean room work. Initial Hard Drive Information Model: Western Digital...
Data Recovery Case Study #9 (G-Drive External / Hitachi HTS547575A9E384)
In this data recovery case study we'll be working on a failed G-Drive external hard drive which has a Hitachi HTS547575A9E384 internal hard drive inside. Customer describes that the drive suddenly stopped working and that it is clicking when powered on. Customer...
Data Recovery Case Study #8 (Seagate ST31500341AS)
Hard Drive Info Model: ST31500341AS P/N: 9JU138-568 FW: CC71 Date: 09461 Site: TK Customer describes drive as not spinning. It was pulled from external hard drive enclosure. Data Recovery Diagnostic Due to the fact that the customer describes the drive as clicking...
Data Recovery Case Study #7 (WD10EADS-11M2B1)
Initial Drive Information Model: WD10EADS-11M2B1 Size: 1.0 TB Date: 29 Oct 2009 Data Recovery Evaluation Hard drive was tested and determined to have a failed PCB. Replacement PCB taken from stock and used to test read/write heads which were also determined to be...