Hard drives are made up of various working mechanisms that include a motor, head, spindle and platter. As we know, a hard drive is a very sensitive piece of machinery, no matter if it is an external hard drive or an internal component. Data loss or damage can happen for various reasons and most of the time these damage situations can seem like the end of your hard drive’s life span. Accidental overwriting of data and mechanical failures could also result in a damaged hard drive and in this instance, professional recovery is needed.
Even though many PC’s include special features that enhance the life span of your hard drive, it is inevitable that an error will occur and you will need to contact a hard drive recovery technician. Technicians are able to restore your data files as well as salvage what you thought was possibly lost from your internal or external device. The wrong choice would be to attempt to fix or replace your hard drive failure yourself without any extensive knowledge of detailed hard drive data recovery. The right choice, however, would be to leave it to the experts who understand the intricate components of such devices are professionally trained in offering you the best hard drive data recovery services.
As we know, a hard drive is made up of a number of smaller apparatuses and these mechanisms can fail if disturbed. Hard drive disk recovery can restore your hard drive back to its previous working order and rectify the mechanical or physical problem and in turn, get your data back.
The technicians at MVI Data Recovery specialise in all major hard drives including recovery for Western Digital, Seagate, Maxtor and others. If your hard drive has suddenly experienced a technical crash and has failed at a critical time when you need all your data accessed, then contacting MVI Data Recovery for your hard drive recovery needs will leave you with peace of mind as well as restored data.
Below is a list of common hard drive problems. In all of these situations the data can be recovered by our experts:
- Configuration damage or corruption.
- Addition of incompatible drives.
- Hardware conflicts.
- Software corruption.
- Viruses or malicious intent.
- Software or operating system upgrades.
Hitachi Hard Drive Brands
Deskstar
Endurastar
Microdrive
Travelstar
Ultrastar
3.5 inch desktop drives
Deskstar 7K1000
Deskstar 7K160
Deskstar 7K400
Deskstar 7K500
Deskstar 7K80
Deskstar E7K500
Deskstar T7K250
Deskstar T7K500
2.5 inch/laptop/mobile families
Travelstar 4K120
Travelstar 4K40
Travelstar 5K100
Travelstar 5K160
Travelstar 5K250
Travelstar 7K100
Travelstar 7K200
Travelstar 7K60
Travelstar 80GN
Travelstar E5K100
Travelstar E7K100
Travelstar E7K200
Travelstar E7K60
2.5 inch SATA/IDE/SATA II/SERIAL ATA/PATA laptop/mobile Travelstar models MLC P/N
HTS548020M9AT00
HTS548040M9AT00
HTS548060M9AT00
HTS548080M9AT00
HTS726060M9AT00
HTS421210H9AT00
HTS421240H9AT00
HTS421260H9AT00
HTS421280H9AT00
HTS424020M9AT00
HTS424030M9AT00
HTS424040M9AT00
HTS721060G9AT00
HTS721080G9AT00
HTS721010G9AT00
HTS721010G9SA00
HTS721010G9SA00
HTS721060G9SA00
HTS541020G9AT00
HTS541030G9AT00
HTS541040G9AT00
HTS541060G9AT00
HTS541080G9AT00
HTS541010G9AT00
HTS541020G9SA00
HTS541030G9SA00
HTS541040G9SA00
HTS541060G9SA00
HTS541080G9SA00
HTS541010G9SA00
HTS541640J9AT00
HTS541660J9AT00
HTS541680J9AT00
HTS541612J9AT00
HTS541616J9AT00
HTS541640J9SA00
HTS541660J9SA00
HTS541680J9SA00
HTS541612J9SA00
HTS541616J9SA00
HTS541260H9AT00
HTS541280H9AT00
HTS541210H9AT00
HTS541212H9AT00
HTS541260H9SA00
HTS541280H9SA00
HTS541210H9SA00
HTS541212H9SA00
HTS723232L9A360
HTS723225L9A360
HTS723216L9A360
HTS723212L9A360
HTS723280L9A360
HTS723232L9SA61
HTS723225L9SA61
HTS723216L9SA61
HTS723212L9SA61
HTS723280L9SA61
HTE723232L9A300
HTE723225L9A300
HTE723216L9A300
HTE723212L9A300
HTS722020K9A300
HTS722016K9A300
HTS722012K9A300
HTS722010K9A300
HTS722080K9A300
HTS722020K9SA00
HTS722016K9SA00
HTS722012K9SA00
HTS722010K9SA00
HTS722080K9SA00
HTE722020K9A300
HTE722016K9A300
HTE722012K9A300
HTE721010G9AT00
HTE721080G9AT00
HTE721060G9AT00
HTE721010G9SA00
HTE721080G9SA00
HTE721060G9SA00
HTS545050KTA300
HTS545040KTA300
HTS545050KTSA01
HTS545040KTSA01
HTE545050KTA300
HTE545040KTA300
HTS543232L9A300
HTS543225L9A300
HTS543216L9A300
HTS543212L9A300
HTS543280L9A300
HTS543232L9SA01
HTS543225L9SA01
HTS543216L9SA01
HTS543212L9SA01
HTS543280L9SA01
HTE543232L9A300
HTE543225L9A300
HTE543216L9A300
HTE543212L9A300
HTS542525K9A300
HTS542520K9A300
HTS542516K9A300
HTS542512K9A300
HTS542580K9A300
HTS542525K9SA00
HTS542520K9SA00
HTS542516K9SA00
HTS542512K9SA00
HTS542580K9SA00
HTE542525K9A300
HTE542516K9A300
HTE542512K9A300
HTE542580K9A300
HTE541616J9AT00
HTE541612J9AT00
HTE541680J9AT00
HTE541660J9AT00
HTE541616J9SA00
HTE541612J9SA00
HTE541680J9SA00
HTE541660J9SA00
HTE726040M9AT00
HTE726060M9AT00
HTS428030F9AT00
HTS428040F9AT00
HTS428060F9AT00
HTS428080F9AT00
3.5 inch SATA/IDE/SATA II/SERIAL ATA/PATA desktop MODEL MLC P/N
HDS722540VLAT20
HDS722580VLAT20
HDS722512VLAT20
HDS722516VLAT20
HDS722525VLAT80
HDS728040PLAT20
HDS728080PLAT20
HDT722516DLAT80
HDT722520DLAT80
HDT722525DLAT80
HDT722525DLA380
HDT722516DLA380
HDS724040KLAT80
HDT725025VLAT80
HDT725032VLAT80
HDT725040VLAT80
HDT725050VLAT80
HDT725025VLA380
HDT725030VLA380
HDT725032VLA380
HDT725040VLA380
HDT725050VLA380
HDT725025VLA360
HDS721680PLAT80
HDS721612PLAT80
HDS721616PLAT80
HDS721680PLA380
HDS721616PLA380
HDS725050KLAT80
HDS725050KLA360
HDS721010KLA330
HDS721075KLA330
HDS724040KLSA80
HDS725050KLA380
HDP725040GLAT80
HDP725016GLAT80
HDP725025GLAT80
HDP725032GLAT80
HDP725050GLAT80
HDS722540VLSA80
HDS722580VLSA80
HDS722512VLSA80
HDS722516VLSA80
HDS722525VLSA80
HDS728040PLA320
HDS728080PLA380
HDS721612PLA380
HDT722520DLA380
HDP725032GLA360
HDP725040GLA360
HDP725016GLA380
HDP725025GLA380
HDP725032GLA380
HDP725040GLA380
HDP725050GLA380
HDP725050GLA360
HDT725040VLA360
HDT725050VLA360
HUA721010KLA330
HDT721064SLA360
HDT721016SLA380
HDT721010SLA360
1.8 inch drives
Travelstar C3K80
Travelstar C4K40
Travelstar C4K60
Travelstar C4K60 Slim
1.8 inch models
HTC368030H5CE00
HTC368040H5CE00
HTC368060H8CE00
HTC368080H8CE00
HTC424020F7AT00
HTC424040F9AT00
HTC426020G7AT00
HTC426020G7CE00
HTC426030G7AT00
HTC426030G7CE00
HTC426040G9AT00
HTC426060G9AT00
HTC426020G5CE00
HTC426030G5CE00
HTC426040G8CE00
HTC426060G8CE00
1 inch drives
Microdrives 3K6
Microdrive 3K8
1 inch models
HMS360603D5CF00
HMS360604D5CF00
HMS360606D5CF00
HMS361006M5CE00
HMS361008M5CE00
HMS360402D5CF00
HMS360404D5CF00
Legacy Hitachi native laptop drives
DK211A-51
DK211A-54
DK211A-68
DK212A-10
DK212A-81
DK213A-13
DK213A-18
DK221A-34
DK222A-54
DK223A-11
DK223A-81
DK224A-14
DK225A-14
DK225A-21
DK226A-21
DK226A-21U
DK226A-32
DK226A-32U
DK227A-41
DK227A-50
DK228A-65
DK229A-10
DK22AA-18
DK237A-21
DK237A-32
DK238A-32
DK238A-43
DK239A-48
DK239A-65
DK23AA-60
DK23BA-20
DK23BA-10
DK23BA-60
DK23CA-30
DK23CA-20
DK23CA-15
DK23CA-10
DK23CA-75
DK23DA-40F
DK23DA-30F
DK23DA-20F
DK23DA-10F
DK23EA-60
DK23EA-40
DK23EA-30
DK23EB-40
DK23FB-20
DK23FB-40
DK23FB-60
External hard drives: Firewire 400/800 / USB / USB 2.0 / eSATA
H2160U
H2200U
H2250U
H31000U
H3500U
H3750U
Samsung Hard Drive Models
EcoGreen F DT
SpinPoint F1
Spinpoint F DT
Spinpoint T
Spinpoint S
Spinpoint P
SpinPoint T
SpinPoint S
SpinPoint N
SpinPoint M
SpinPoint P
SpinPoint V
SpinPoint M40
SpinPoint P120 SATA
SpinPoint P40
SpinPoint P80
SpinPoint P80SD
SpinPoint PL40
SpinPoint V120CE
SpinPoint V60
SpinPoint V80
VOYAGER 11P
VICTOR (V40)
PUMA (P40)
VICTORPLUS (V40P)
VERNA (V60)
VANGO (VL40)
VANGOPLUS (VL40P)
PANGO (PL40, PL40S)
VELOCE (V80, V80P, V80PL)
PALO (P80, P80VE, P80P, P80PL, P80S)
RUBICON (P80H, P80VA)
P80A
POSEIDON(P120, P120S)
DELPHI(P80SD)
CAESAR(P80VEM)
P80M
TRIDENT(T133, T133S)
F1_3D
MODEL for SATA/IDE/SATA II/SERIAL ATA/PATA LBA DESKTOP drives
SP0211H
SP0211N
SP0221N
SP0311H
SP0311N
SP0401H
SP0401N
SP0411C
SP0411N
SP0431N
SP0441N
SP0451N
SP0612N
SP0802N
SP0812C
SP0812N
SP0822N
SP0832N
SP0842N
SP1202N
SP1203N
SP1212N
SP1213C
SP1213N
SP1223N
SP1233N
SP1243N
SP1253N
SP1603C
SP1603N
SP1604N
SP1613N
SP1614C
SP1614N
SP1624N
SP1634N
SP1644N
SP1654N
SP2001H
SP2002H
SP2004C
SP2004N
SP2014N
SP20A1H
SP2504C
SP2504N
SP2514N
SP3003H
SP4002H
SP4004H
SP40A2H
SP6003H
SP60A3H
SP8004H
SP80A4H
SV0211H
SV0211N
SV0221H
SV0221N
SV0301H
SV0311H
SV0401H
SV0401N
SV0411N
SV0412H
SV0602H
SV0612N
SV0802H
SV0802N
SV0813H
SV0823H
SV1203N
SV1204H
SV1604N
SV2001H
SV2002H
SV2042D
SV2042H
SV2043D
SV2044D
SV2046D
SV3002H
SV3002H
SV3063D
SV3063H
SV3064D
SV4002H
SV4003H
SV4012H
SV4084D
SV4084H
SV6003H
SV6004H
SV8004H
HA101UJ
HA161HJ
HA200JC
HA250HJ
HA250JC
HA251HJ
HA321HJ
HA501IJ
HA751LJ
HD041GJ
HD042GJ
HD080GJ
HD080HJ
HD081GJ
HD082GJ
HD102UJ
HD103UI
HD103UJ
HD120HJ
HD120IJ
HD160HJ
HD160JJ
HD161GJ
HD161HJ
HD162GJ
HD162HJ
HD200HJ
HD250HJ
HD250KD
HD250KJ
HD251HJ
HD251KJ
HD252HI
HD252HJ
HD252KJ
HD300JJ
HD300LD
HD300LJ
HD301JJ
HD320JJ
HD320KJ
HD320LD
HD320LJ
HD321JJ
HD321KJ
HD321LJ
HD322HI
HD322HJ
HD400LD
HD400LJ
HD401LJ
HD402LJ
HD403LJ
HD500LJ
HD501IJ
HD501LJ
HD502IJ
HD502JI
HD642JI
HD642JJ
HD752LJ
HD753LI
HD753LJ
HE103UJ
HE322HJ
HE502IJ
HE753LJ
MODELs for SATA/IDE/SATA II/SERIAL ATA/PATA laptop/notebook/mobile 2.5 inch drives
MP0402H
MP0603H
MP0804H
HM020GC
HM021GI
HM030GC
HM030GI
HM040GC
HM040GI
HM040HC
HM040HI
HM041HI
HM042HI
HM060HC
HM060HI
HM060II
HM061GI
HM061HC
HM061HI
HM062HI
HM080GI
HM080HC
HM080HI
HM080IC
HM080II
HM080JI
HM081II
HM100IC
HM100II
HM100JC
HM100JI
HM101JI
HM120IC
HM120II
HM120JC
HM120JI
HM121HI
HM121JI
HM160HI
HM160JC
HM160JI
HM250JI
MODELs for laptop/notebook/mobile 1.5 inch drives
HS030GB
HS031GA
HS040HB
HS041HA
HS04THB
HS060HB
HS061HA
HS06THB
HS080HA
HS080HB
HS081HA
HS082HB
HS08XJC
HS10TJB
HS10XJC-M
HS120JB
HS122JB
HS122JC
Quantum Hard Drive Models
Fireball Plus AS
Fireball Plus LM
Fireball lct15
Fireball Plus KX
Fireball Plus KA
Fireball lct10
Fireball lct08
Fireball CX
Fireball CR
Fireball EX
Fireball EL
Fireball SE
Fireball ST
Fireball 640
Fireball 1280
Fireball 540
Fireball 1080
Fireball TM
Sirocco
Pioneer SG
Trailblazer
Lightning
Daytona
Bigfoot TX
Bigfoot TS
Europa
Bigfoot CY
Bigfoot
Maverick
Q500
ProDrive
LPS
GO GLS
GO GRS
GO
Quantum Fireball Plus AS 60, 40, 30, 20, 10 GB
AS60A011
AS40A011
AS30A011
AS20A011
AS10A011
QMP60000AS-A
QMP40000AS-A
QMP30000AS-A
QMP20000AS-A
QMP10000AS-A
Quantum Fireball Plus LM 30.0, 20.5, 15.0, 10.2 GB
LM60A011
LM40A011
LM30A011
LM20A011
LM10A011
QMP30000LM-A
QMP20500LM-A
QMP15000LM-A
QMP10000LM-A
Quantum Fireball Plus KX 27.3, 20.5, 13.6, 10.2, 6.8 GB
KX27A011
KX20A011
KX13A011
KX10A011
KX06A011
KX27AT
KX20AT
KX13AT
Quantum Fireball Plus KA 18.2, 13.6, 9.1, 6.4 GB
KA18A011
KA13A011
KA09A011
KA06A011
KA64AT
KA136AT
Quantum Fireball lct 20 LC 40.0, 30.0, 20.0, 10.0 GB
LD40A011
LD30A011
LD20A011
LD10A011
QML40000LC-A
QML30000LC-A
QML20000LC-A
QML15000LC-A
QML07500LC-A
Quantum Fireball lct 15 LC 30.0, 20.4, 15.0, 7.5 GB
LC30A011
LC20A011
LC15A011
LC07A011
LC07AT
Quantum Fireball lct 10 LB 30.0, 20.4, 15.0, 10.2, 5.1 GB
LB30A011
LB20A011
LB15A011
LB10A011
LB05A011
LB30A013
LB10A013
LB05A013
QML30000LB-A
QML10200LB-A
QML05100LB-A
LB30AT
LB204AT
LB15.0AT
LB102AT
Quantum Fireball lct 08 LA 26.0, 17.3, 13.0, 8.4, 4.3 GB
LA26A011
LA17A011
LA13A011
LA08A011
LA04A011
QML26000LA-A
QML17300LA-A
QML13000LA-A
QML08400LA-A
QML04300LA-A
LA260AT
LA130AT
LA084AT
Quantum Fireball CX 20.4, 13.0, 10.2, 6.4 GB
CX20A011
CX13A011
CX10A011
CX64A011
CX20A013
CX13A013
CX10A013
CX64A013
QM306400CX-A
QM306800CX-A
QM308400CX-A
QM310200CX-A
QM313000CX-A
QM31300CX-A
QM313500CX-A
QM313600CX-A
QM320400CX-A
Quantum Fireball CR 13.0, 8.4, 6.4, 4.3 GB
CR13A011
CR84A011
CR64A011
CR43A011
CR84A013
CR64A013
CR43A013
Quantum Fireball EX 12.7, 10.2, 6.4, 5.1, 3.2 GB
EX12A011
EX10A011
EX64A011
EX51A011
EX12A013
EX10A013
EX64A013
EX51A013
QM313600EX-A
QM310200EX-A
QM308400EX-A
QM306400EX-A
QM305100EX-A
QM303200EX-A
Others
Fireball EL 10.2, 7.6, 5.1, 2.5 GB
Fireball SE 8.4, 6.4, 4.3, 3.2, 2.1 GB
Fireball ST 6.4, 4.3, 3.2, 2.1, 1.6 GB
Fireball TM 3840, 3200, 2550, 2110, 1700, 1280, 1080 TM10A011
Fireball FB FB10A492
Sirocco SR 2550A, 1700A
Pioneer 2.0, 1.0
BigFoot 2500, 1250
Fireball 1280, 1080, 640, 540
Trailblazer 850, 420
Maverick 540, 270
Lightning 730, 365
ProDrive LPS 540, 270
ProDrive LPS 420, 340, 210, 170