- 13 Common Data Storage Failures and How Likely the Files Can Be Recovered
- Human error (file deletion, formatting a hard drive etc., The the most common way files are lost):
- Computer viruses:
- Software files corruption (database file gets corrupt because of a software glitch):
- Media logical problem (file system corruption, etc.):
- Media physical problem with bad electronics (circuitry of the media goes bad):
- Media Physical problem with internal damage (bad head stack) [Magnetic Hard Drives only];
- Media Physical problem with bad motor (drive doesnt spin, etc:) [Magnetic hard drives only];
- Natural disasters (flood, fire etc.):
- Dropped storage meeting in a laptop got dropped or an external drive:
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- Degraded tape media:
- Bad quality or aging CD/DVD storage media (over time the film on a CD/DVD will degrade):
- Known manufacturing defects causing loss of access to data:
13 Common Data Storage Failures and How Likely the Files Can Be Recovered
by Chris Preimesberger
Human error (file deletion, formatting a hard drive etc., The the most common way files are lost):
Good probability of recovery.
Computer viruses:
Good probability of recovery.
Software files corruption (database file gets corrupt because of a software glitch):
Good probability of recovery.
Media logical problem (file system corruption, etc.):
Good probability of recovery.
Media physical problem with bad electronics (circuitry of the media goes bad):
Good probability of recovery.
Media Physical problem with internal damage (bad head stack) [Magnetic Hard Drives only];
Fair probability of recovery.
Media Physical problem with bad motor (drive doesnt spin, etc:) [Magnetic hard drives only];
Fair probability of recovery.
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Natural disasters (flood, fire etc.):
fair probability of recovery.
Dropped storage meeting in a laptop got dropped or an external drive:
fair probability of recovery.
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Flash media write/overwrite limit exceeded (excessive usage will eventually cause flash memory to fail): fair probability of recovery.
Degraded tape media:
fair probability of recovery.
Bad quality or aging CD/DVD storage media (over time the film on a CD/DVD will degrade):
poor to fair probability of recovery.
Known manufacturing defects causing loss of access to data:
poor to fair probability of recovery.