Recovery Levels Explained
Hard drives fail in 3 distinct ways however most recovery companies do not tell you this.
The following are the Levels that cover all components of Data Recovery:
Non-Invasive: (Level One)
Logical Repair - Physically healthy drive but has software corruption.
Media Damage -
Corrupted drive, bad blocks, PCB damage but not mechanically.
Invasive: (Level Two)
Mecahnical failed and needs a Clean Room recovery.
During the evaluation phase we will determine the level of service needed. Then once we recover all
your data you are charged the quoted flat rate. We believe this
is a more honest approach to Data recovery and our customes agree too
The following represents typical examples of recovery levels. However the actual level of service required is always determined after a full evaluation of the media is performed by a Data Recovery Man technician.
LEVEL ONE
Logical Repair
Logical Repair
- Virus / Spyware Infections
- Blue Screen or Spin-Wheel
- Unmountable Mac Volume
- Human Errors (Delete, format)
- Damaged MFT / FAT tables
- Unidentified Drive Volume
- Minor Bad Blocks
- "Unrepairable" Mac Volume
- Missing Boot Files
LEVEL TWO
Non-Invasive
Non-Invasive
- Exceeded SMART errors
- Unreadable Data Blocks
- Occasional Clicking
- Slow Read Times / BSY
- Unstable Read Times
- Module Corruption / Bricked
- UNC Block errors
- LBA Mis-Match
- Chip Burnout
LEVEL THREE
Invasive
Invasive
- Constant Clicking
- Head Crash
- Moisture / fluid Damage
- Firmware (SA / ROM)
- No Power / Not Spinning
- Seized or Failed Spindle
- HDA Failures
- Voice Coil
- Severe PCB damage