Hard drive is the most critical component of your computer system. It stores all of your valuable data and software. In some situations, your system could not recognize the hard drive, even if it spins. In such situations, you can not access data from the hard drive. This behavior of your system results into serious data loss and require Data Recovery to be sorted out. Recovery is possible through appropriate solutions, depending upon the cause and type of situation.

The hard drive, which could not be recognized by your computer system might display a wide range of symptoms, including below error messages:

Error reading fixed disk No Fixed Disk Present Non-System disk or disk error,

Replace and strike any key when ready No ROM Basic Disk Boot Error,

Replace and Strike Key to Retry DISK BOOT FAILURE, INSERT SYSTEM DISK AND PRESS
ENTER BOOT: Couldn't find NTLDR, Please insert another disk

When you come across any of the above error messages, check out the following things:

While booting the system from hard drive, you should make sure that there is no disk in the drive A. If you are attempting to boot your system from floppy disk, try to boot it from hard drive and then access floppy disk. Make sure that your drive has all required boot files and no important file is damaged. Make sure that the hard drive ribbon cable, interface cable and power connectors are properly connected. Check the hard drive to verify the primary volume is active. In system BIOS, check that the correct settings are selected for drive. Verify that the file system of your computer is intact.

Such problem could occur due to both logical or physical damages. The logical damages occur because of file system corruption, operating system malfunction, virus infection and other such reasons. You can handle them using third party Disk Recovery Software. The Data Recovery Software are completely safe and easy to use.

On the other hand, physical damage to hard drive requires expertise in the field of recovery. Data Recovery software professionals can help you out to recover lost data in the majority of physical damage situations. Service is performed by skilled professionals in safe and clean surroundings.

Author:-K MADHAV
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