Replace Old Hard Drives or Loose Data

Many PC users do not understand that hard drives fail. The hard drive is the only physically working part on the machine minus the data/electrons that are moved through the motherboard and other peripherals. These drives spin at average around 5200 revolutions per minute.

Drives are basically holding data like a record player in ways that:

1. The record needle on a record player is now like a head reader/writer on a hard drive
2. The record on a record player is now the platter in a hard drive

Years and years of a physical platter spinning at several thousands revolutions per second is bound to wear out. Is there any disagreement here?

PC Virus Doctors have so many people asking why we need to move or save data on drives that are over two years old after they have become infected with viruses or trojans. This is science readers. Parts wear out. Platters that hold data may start to become worn. The head writer becomes worn and may be hitting the platter.

Here becomes the real danger involving virus/trojan removals on older drives:

• Many times the hard drive must be pulled from the original machine because no programs will execute from the original PC
• Now the drive is pulled it must be slaved (in a variety of ways) to a healthy computer with the software and hardware designed to examine the drive and remove the malware.
• OK, once that is done and the drive is cleaned and repaired and placed properly back into the original machine....
• The data is now not available....GONE.

The absentee data is one I cannot explain except for the fact that the malware must have changed the physical settings on the hard drive.

So beware if you want to be cheap and inattentive to your data. It may be the last time you see pictures of your baby. Call Dallas Data Recovery for help in recovering information from old hard drives.