Data Recovery Link: Data Recovery Link Breaks the “Platter Replacement” Barrier in Hard Drive Data Recovery
Data Recovery Link Breaks the “Platter Replacement” Barrier in Hard Drive Data Recovery
DENVER, CO — (MARKET WIRE) — February 03, 2007 — Data Recovery Link “DRL” has recently developedthe technology to perform “platter replacements” in the hard drive datarecovery
process and can recover data in ways never done before. In thedata recovery industry there has always been an urban legend that if thedrive crashes you can just replace the platters. The misnomer of thisurban legend is that the data is stored on the platters so if you replacethem you loose the data. What the urban legend is really asking is “ifsome part of the drive goes bad then why can’t the platters be put into aworking hard drive and the data be recovered?” The answer is that mosthard drive failures don’t require the platters to be relocated in order toperform a successful data recovery. Hard drives are built of three primaryparts. These parts are the heads or “head stack,” the platters or”substrate,” and the spindle that mounts the platters and houses thebearings. In most hard drive failures, the cause is either the heads havelost their ability to read the data or the magnetic surface on the plattershas degraded. In both of these situations the platters can be left in theoriginal hard drive housing and the data recovery can be performed aroundthese failures.
Until now there has been one type of hard drive failure that has alwaysplagued the data recovery industry. This failure is when the spindlebearings seize due to heat or manufacturing defects. In the past theoutcome to this type of hard drive failure was a total loss of data. Thisis because there has been no way to replace the spindle bearings withoutfirst removing the platters. Once the platters are removed from thespindle, the physical alignment is lost and up until now could not berealigned.
Data Recovery Link has recently broken this barrier and now has the abilityto completely remove platters from a seized spindle and realign them usinga proprietary process. DRL can now read data from the once separatedplatters for a 100% data recovery. Other companies have had the ability topartially recover data using a “drill bit” like apparatus that forciblyspins the platters after a bearing seizure but this process causes so muchspindle vibration due to the grinding of the locked bearings that theprocess destroys the magnetic surface within minutes. For this reason,only a percentage of the data is recovered prior to complete and permanentfailure. With this new data recovery technology developed by Chris B.Hewatt of Data Recovery Link, the platters are read without using thelocked spindle bearings so there is no vibration to cause damage to theplatters. Data Recovery Link started testing this technology in early 2006and since has recovered numerous failed hard drives using this technologywith over 98% success.
Data Recovery Link is now offering this service to all clients as ofJanuary 2007 and can be contacted at 800.625.6451 orwww.datarecoverylink.com.
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