A hard drive head crash happens when the read and write head touches the rotating platter. If this happens, the magnetic area of the hard disk will be damaged very badly. Even the smallest particle of dust or dirt can cause a head crash. Because the latest hard drives can reach a speed of up to 15.000 rotations per minute, if something like this happens, a large area of the hard drive will get damaged. That’s why in case of a hard drive crash you should immediately shut down the computer to prevent further damage. You never can know for sure what the cause of a crash is, only after proper evaluation.

This can happen to anyone, especially as the hard drives evolve a lot. The chance of a head hard drive crash also increases. The only thing that can assure you that you will never lose your data is to safely store it on CD’s or DVD’s. However, if a hard drive crash still happens, all you can do is to call a company and ask them for help. Especially if a head drive crash happens there is nothing you can do, except make things worse.

To recover what is possible from a head hard drive crash requires a lot of hard work. If a mistake is made another head crash can happen and more data will be lost forever. If you are lucky, only a small area of the magnetic area was damaged by the read and write head and you won’t lose very much.

You must make sure that you get a good company to do this job. A small company might not have the necessary equipment to do it. This can also be very expensive, so don’t trust companies that offer to recover the data for a low price. They will surely ask you for more money when the job is done and thus data recovery will cost a lot more. That’s why it is best to use a trusted and popular company, even if the price is a bit higher, you at least know that they know what they’re doing!