How does a hard disk drive work?
When dealing with data recovery companies you often hear them mention parts of the hard drive and the condition of each part and how it will affect the amount of data recoverable and speed of the recovery.
The main components that can fail:
Heads – this is effectively like a needle on a record player and its job is to read or write data from and to the platters.
Platters – the platters holds all the data, any damage to the platters can cause lost of data or corruption.
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