Comments on: Data Recovery 101: Cleaning Hard Drive Platters

By: Hard Drive in Freezer Data Recovery Is a Myth. Don't Do It

Hard Drive in Freezer Data Recovery Is a Myth. Don't Do It — Fri, 21 Sep 2018 16:18:32 +0000

[…] the years before we developed our platter burnishing technology, many of these were hopeless cases. And the saddest thing about them was that before the hard […]

By: Hard Drive Beeping: Why It Happens and How We Fix It | Gillware Inc.

Hard Drive Beeping: Why It Happens and How We Fix It | Gillware Inc. — Fri, 27 Jul 2018 15:10:53 +0000

[…] Our engineers examined the client’s beeping Seagate hard drive in our class-100 cleanroom lab. As we usually see in these situations, the read/write heads had become mangled. The platters had also sustained some damage, spreading dust across their surfaces. To get this hard drive up and running and create a disk image of its contents, our engineers replaced the read/write heads with a compatible donor set and polished the platters clean with our special platter burnishing tools. […]

By: Platter Damage Data Recovery: Hitachi Deskstar | Gillware

Platter Damage Data Recovery: Hitachi Deskstar | Gillware — Tue, 24 Oct 2017 13:23:53 +0000

[…] recovery cases such as this one where the scoring is not too severe, our engineers can make use of our hard drive platter burnisher. While burnishing the platters cannot restore the sectors that have already been scratched and […]

By: Hard Drive Spindle Recovery: Seagate Barracuda | Gillware

Hard Drive Spindle Recovery: Seagate Barracuda | Gillware — Tue, 10 Oct 2017 13:38:37 +0000

[…] After taking the condition of the hard drive into account and presenting a price quote which the client approved, the drive went back into the cleanroom. Charles, another of our cleanroom engineers, took over the case from there. In order to recover data from this Seagate desktop hard drive, Charles needed to get it spinning again and ensure that the platters were dust-free. If any dust or debris remains on the surfaces of a hard drive’s platters, the read/write heads can collide with it. This would kill the heads and scrape off some of the magnetic coating that contained the hard drive’s data. Cleaning off the platters to prevent any further damage and irretrievable data loss required the use of our burnishing tool. […]

By: What Software does Gillware Use to Recover Data? | Gillware

What Software does Gillware Use to Recover Data? | Gillware — Mon, 25 Sep 2017 14:34:17 +0000

[…] on the mechanical aspects of data recovery, like replacing failing read/write head assemblies or restoring damaged platters using our burnishing machine. However, mechanical repairs are only half of the data recovery process. After the drive is […]

By: What drives the cost of data recovery? - Gillware Data Recovery

What drives the cost of data recovery? - Gillware Data Recovery — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:58:35 +0000

[…] platter restoration technology can help increase the chances of a successful data recovery. This advanced technique called burnishing is cutting edge, and though it is not necessary in every case, it can contribute to the cost of […]

By: Data Recovery 101: Platters - Gillware Data Recovery

Data Recovery 101: Platters - Gillware Data Recovery — Mon, 18 Sep 2017 18:09:06 +0000

[…] If you’re interested in learning more about how the burnishing process works, check out our burnisher blog post. […]

By: Server Crash Recovery Case Study: Lightning Strikes Twice | Gillware Inc.

Server Crash Recovery Case Study: Lightning Strikes Twice | Gillware Inc. — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 20:41:00 +0000

[…] get scratched, our cleanroom data recovery technicians don’t give up. With the help of our platter burnishing technology, our engineers can polish the platter surfaces, cleaning the dust and debris resulting from platter […]

By: BOOTMGR Image Error Solutions: The Easy Ways... and the Hard Way

BOOTMGR Image Error Solutions: The Easy Ways... and the Hard Way — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 19:51:29 +0000

[…] the platters went through our hard disk platter burnisher, to clean off the debris. While the burnisher can’t restore disk sectors that have been scratched […]

By: Seagate Drive Repair Case Study: Hard Drive Beeping | Gillware Inc.

Seagate Drive Repair Case Study: Hard Drive Beeping | Gillware Inc. — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 14:05:15 +0000