Signs of a Windows Hard Drive Crash
August 14th, 2008 adminA hard drive crash can happen when you the least expect it. Imagine that you are working on a very important project and suddenly you get to see the Windows blue screen, because of a hard drive crash.
The blue screen was meant to prevent hardware damage, which means if you have seen it and your computer restarted, you either have problems with your hardware or with Windows.
If you hear strange sounds from your hard disk, it means you found the source of the blue screens. If your computer was infected with a virus or some important files, your hard drive is experiencing logical failure. Windows XP and Windows Vista have a pretty good recovery tools. If they are activated, they will use a percentage of your hard drive and you can roll back the settings to an earlier date, whenever you want. If you can’t run Windows, you should try safe mode, that should work and you will be able to roll back the settings. This can help you get rid of logical problems. After the problem was solved, you just need to get software to recover what is lost. However, if you are not sure if the problem is logical or not you shouldn’t do anything or you could damage the hard drive even more.
If the hard drive failed because of a physical problem, there is nothing you can do. You will have to send it to a data recovery company. To recover data from a physically damaged hard drive you need special equipment and it isn’t easy. Parts may need replacing and that must be done exactly or data can not be recovered.
You should also know that if you hear weird sounds from your computer, to be more specific, from the hard drive, it is almost 100% sure that the hard was damaged physically. In that case you should immediately shut down the computer and search a company, which can help you out.