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External Hard Drive Repair: Doing a Full System Analysis

by Rod Dunne November 22, 2011

Any external hard drive repair requires looking at all the possible hardware and software faults affecting your drive. In this post I’ll show you a checklist of different issues which you should be looking out for. This begins with hardware checks which should always be done first just in case there are mechanical faults that (more)

External Hard Drive Repair: Hardware Checks That Can Help You Fix a HDD

by Rod Dunne February 23, 2011

It is essential when doing any external hard drive repair work to ensure from the start that no hardware faults or mechanical damage is causing problems. If you ignore these types of faults then they could lead to data loss. Here I’ll show you some of the hardware checks you can try for yourself. Sounds (more)

External Hard Drive Repair: Partition and Sector Damage Tips

by Rod Dunne February 21, 2011

Fixing bad sectors as part of external hard drive repair is one of the simpler tasks to perform. However, it will not always be 100% successful. This article shows you how to use free utilities from Microsoft to analyze and repair partition damage. It also suggests some third-party applications can do more in-depth analysis. Bad (more)

Using External Hard Drive Repair Software

by Rod Dunne February 20, 2011

There are relatively few external hard drive repair software options available. This may be down to the fact that each hard drive is architected and designed quite differently from others. In this post I’ll detail the few available tools, including Microsoft’s own utilities, which can be used for repairing bad sectors and analyzing disk faults. (more)

External Hard Drive Repairs

by Rod Dunne January 18, 2011

Performing an external hard drive repair requires focusing on the hardware and software faults that can lead to problems. In this article I’ll show you how to check these two main areas and what repairs you can do for yourself. Mechanics One of the most critical things with any external hard drive repairs is to (more)

Broken Hard Drive: Simple Diagnosis and Repair

by Rod Dunne December 14, 2010

There are some general ways to diagnose a broken hard drive. Here, we’ll look at some of the hardware and software checks that you make prior to calling upon the services of data recovery experts. Finally, the nuances of diagnosing a broken external hard drive or laptop hard drive finish off the post. Hardware Faults (more)

Bad Sector Repair: How To Fix Bad Sectors On A Hard Disk

by Rod Dunne October 2, 2010

Harddisk bad sector repair is one of the easier tasks to perform. However, it won’t always fix PC errors 100% of the time and you may end up losing data on these bad sectors of the disk in some cases. This article look at bad sector repairing options and tools. Causes Of The Fault The (more)

PC Upgrade Essentials: RAM, Video Card And Hard Drive

by Rod Dunne September 28, 2010

Doing a PC upgrade is one of the easier PC maintenance and repair tasks that you can perform, and in these recessionary times is also an economical way of making the most use out of an aging or broken computer. In this article, we’ll take a look at the three most common computer upgrades worth (more)

How To Recover Data From Crashed Hard Drive Partitions

by Rod Dunne September 1, 2010

This article shows how to recover data from crashed hard drive partitions using five different ways. Each approach can be used for trying to recover hard disk data after a system/software related crash. Crashes due to mechanical/component damage limit your options to using data recovery experts to attempt a lost file retrieval. Our separate post (more)

Hard Drive Failure Recovery

by Rod Dunne August 3, 2010

When your computer throws up a computer error stating there has been a hard drive failure then there is no need to panic just yet. Your issue could be a mechanical fault or related to some software issue so there are many troubleshooting options to consider for completing a HDD repair. Before you take your (more)

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