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Lomina 33, 11 000 Belgrade, Serbia
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Tools for data recovery experts
1.
Introduction
This guide is intended as a short course in handling of our tools for professionals in
data recovery. It is assumed that the user is experienced in data recovery and familiar with
"traditional" ways of saving data. This manual should not be taken as a guide for training.
Using these tools without adequate software support is not recommended. It is
recommended to use some of the proven systems for cloning, such as Ace Lab, Salvation
Data, Copy-r and other products.
It is possible to recover data without HddSurgery
TM
tools. In many cases, the known
processes of hard drive head replacement are effective and sufficient. The general idea
behind HddSurgery
TM
tools was to make sure that the process of replacing damaged hard
drive heads goes with no errors. The use of HddSurgery
TM
tools prevents the ferromagnetic
read/write heads to come in any kind of contact with the platter i.e. disk surface or other
read/write heads. Also, with some basic procedures and short training, it is possible to let
junior data recovery technicians handle complex tasks. With the development of these
tools, we are trying to eliminate the element of luck that usually accompanies the process of
data recovery.
Experienced data recovery technicians or engineers can have great success even
without our tools, but they can have absolute security only by using HddSurgery
TM
tools.
Non-contact head replacement implies that there is no contact between the heads,
or between heads and platters in the process of dismounting the donor heads and mounting
heads on the patient drive. Traditional techniques of replacing the heads imply contact
between the heads and contact of heads with the platters in data area. These problems
especially come to light on drives that have suffered some form of physical damage.
A donor selection process is not covered by these guidelines. If you have questions
about compatibility, you can send them to HddSurgery
TM
support team on
HddSurgery
TM
is not responsible for any eventual damage caused by usage of our tools.
HddSurgery
TM
is not responsible for the data stored on the patient or donor hard drives.
