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Cases of data recovery

Trouble when booting up Windows
Condition	Notebook PC with Windows XP Home. Booting up was taking longer time since a few days previously. After the Windows logo was displayed, the PC halted displaying a blue screen, and then black. This happened repeatedly.
Result of initial diagnosis	Logical failure

External HD (hard disk) is not recognized
Condition	While copying Windows XP data to an external HD (hard disk) [USB connection], the HD was suddenly not recognized. Restarting the PC did not resolve the problem. When the user consulted the HDD manufacturer, he was told that it was a physical failure.
Result of initial diagnosis	Physical failure

 

Executed recovery due to HDD malfunction
Condition	Desktop PC with Windows XP. Because the HD was malfunctioning, the user executed a HD recovery.
Result of initial diagnosis	Logical failure

 

Malfunction of external HD due to high temperature (heat)
Condition	Over 600GB data (design related images) were stored in an external HD [IEEE1394 / USB connection]. The OS was Mac OSX. As the access was slowing down, the user checked the HD and found that it had become very hot. The user switched off the PC to allow the HD to cool down, then switched it back on again, but the HD was no longer recognized.
Result of initial diagnosis	Physical failure

 

Boot disk not found due to battery running out
Condition	The battery ran out while the user was working on a PowerBook. He got home and connected the AC adapter, but the boot disk was not found. Despite trying several utilities, they did not resolve the problem.
Result of initial diagnosis	Logical failure

 

Media is not recognized
Condition	The media was not recognized when inserted into a Mac OS 9.2 drive. The media was a 3.5 inch MO disk (230MB).
Result of initial diagnosis	Logical failure

 

MO disk cannot be mounted
Condition	A 3.5 inch MO disk could not be mounted when inserted into a 640MB drive. Data designed with a Macintosh were contained on the disk. Other media were mountable, meaning it was not a drive problem.

 

Data disappeared during a backup operation error
Condition	As the HD capacity became full, the user tried to backup the data to CD-R using writing software. During that time, an error occurred and part of the data in the HD disappeared.

 

Data disappeared after the media was taken out of drive during printing
Condition	The user inserted an SD card for a digital camera into a printer. While printing, he took the card out of the printer. Consequently, data in the card disappeared.
Result of initial diagnosis	Logical failure

 

Media is not read into PC
Condition	The user Inserted USB memory (256MB) into PC. PC does not read the media, but instead display a message “Do you want to initialize the memory?”
Result of initial diagnosis	File system failure

 

Data disappeared due to formatting memory card
Condition	The user formatted SD card for digital camera by mistake. He wants to recover the data as important pictures are included in the data.
Result of initial diagnosis	Deletion case