Samsung Hard Drive Recovery

Causes for data loss of Samsung hard drives

Just like any other mechanical or electronic device, Samsung hard drives are not resistant against wear and tear or a multitude of other failures. For example: A headcrash (click of death), PCB errors, damages on the ferromagnetic surfaces (read errors or I/O errors), firmware errors, bearing damage and motor damage or environmental unfluences such as water- or moisture damages or heat or fire damages.

• Wear and tear of hard drives (physical errors or damages on the surfaces or write/read heads)
• Drop or fall damage (Vibrations, shock, impact, tipping or falling over)
• Moisture and liquid damage (flood or storm damages, water damage after e.g. a pipe burst)
• High temperatures or heat (over-heating, direct solar radiation, insufficient cooling)
• Hard drives with defective SATA-, IDE-, SCSI-Interfaces or SCA-adapters

Typical error patterns of Samsung hard drives

General information about Samsung

The South Korean company sold their hard drive branch in 2011 to Seagate Technology, after they had already bought Conner in 1996 and Maxtor in 2006. Besides Western Digital (2012 takeover Samsung/HGST) and Toshiba (2009 takeover of the Fujitsu hard drive) Seagate is one of the last three remaining independent hard drive manufacturers.