Laptop and notebook computers make up an ever increasing percentage of the computer population. Regardless of the manufacturer of the laptop or notebook, its hard disk will nearly always be either an IBM Travelstar, Hitachi DK23, Fujitsu or Toshiba hard drive.
All laptop hard disks are prone to the same problems as their desktop counterparts, but because of their smaller size and greater density they are uniquely prone to a few others also. Typical data loss situations that arise with laptops are -
Impact damage eg. the laptop is dropped or sat on
Inaccessible drives and partitions
Virus attack
Hard disk component failure
Hard disk crashes
Fire, water, coffee and other liquid damage
Media surface contamination and damage
Accidental reformatting of partitions
Accidental deletion of data
Inaccessibility of data due to drive being protected by ATA passwordLabels: data recovery, laptop, operating system, windows |
