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8 Free Data Recovery Myths

 So let’s take a look at some of those  FreeData Recovery myths, many of them found on the Internet. Let’s separate what makes some sense from what makes the situation worse.

  1. Hit It:  This may be the oldest of all. When the hard drive stops being detected,     some   people tap it with a screwdriver or something similar during boot.

 

  1. Drop It: Crazy as it may seem, there are some people in forums on the Internet that swear they have solved the problem with their hard drives by dropping it on the floor

 

  1. Freeze It: The freeze it myth is interesting and makes some sense, but the   consequences are a disaster!

 

  1. Clean Bathroom: Some people say you can make a clean room at home, in the bathroom, by opening the hot water faucet and filling the bathroom with steam, and at that condition the air would be totally clean and you would be able to open the drive without damaging it. Well the worst 2 things you can expose a hard drive are humidity and dust.

 

  1. The Logic Board Replacement Myth: This is the most sensible myth. The replacement of the logic board works in some cases where the damage is external and the firmware is all concentrated in the controller.

 

  1. The Software Myth: Some data recovery software certainly will work when we have a pure logical problem. The problem is using them when the disk shows some kind of physical problem.

 

  1. The Repair Myth: Some professionals or even companies announce that they “repair” hard drives. We know that it’s impossible, because such professionals and companies don’t even have a proper place for doing so.

 

  1. The Platter Swapping Myth: Some people have already told us that they’ve read in some place or have heard someone say that it’s possible to recover data from a defective disk simply by finding another one that’s exactly the same and transferring the “platters” (media, without the heads) from one HDA (Hard Drive Assembly) to the other.

 

This a short list as we all have heard some pretty ridiculous stories.

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