Failed Samsung Drives Still cause Problems
Samsung are a popular manufacturer of 3.5″ Hard Disk Drives for desktop and server use as well as 2.5″ mobile hard disk drives for notebooks. While the traditionally low unit cost may have something to do with this popularity we find that Samsung drive construction tends to be flimsy compared with other manufacturers – making their units less reliable.
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Saying that, if there’s one thing that all hard drive manufacturers have in common it’s that they have, at sometime or other, led the development of their own groundbreaking storage technology. The interesting noises coming out of Samsung relating to the development of a new Samsung HHD (hybrid hard drive) that incorporates solid state flash technology could make the South Korean giant an interesting prospect to watch out for in the future; Samsung is already producing laptops that employ flash memory as the main storage device.
Common Failings of Samsung HDDs
Samsung drives that are still in regular use continue to exhibit distinctively negative characteristics when it comes to reliability. Most commonly we find that a head crash or the head sticking to the platter is the reason that a Samsung drive has found its way to us for diagnosis. Another familiar fault is electronic failure; the PCB logic board of your Samsung drive may appear to have burned out indicating a short circuited component. In either case the problem requires an in-depth analysis of the unit to properly determine the cause of failure and the likelihood of saving lost data.
This kind of violent mechanical failure presents the most onerous of challenges when it comes to data recovery. Especially as further operation of the unit could well make the damage worse and lead to permanent loss of data from the drive.
Once you realize there is s problem with your Samsung hard drive you should stop using it right away, power it down and contact us immediately!
We support data recovery on all models of Samsung Hard Disk Drives as follows:
MODELS
SpinPoint M40 Series, SpinPoint P120 SATA Series, SpinPoint P40 Series, SpinPoint P80 Series, SpinPoint P80SD Series, SpinPoint PL40 Series, SpinPoint V120CE Series, SpinPoint V60 Series, SpinPoint V80 Series
IDE / 3.5″ PC DRIVE | |||
002SAJ7004143 0051SAJ1023039 0059SAJ2069116 0059SAJ3126304 0062SEJ3008202 0066SAJ4016338 0088J1CK114940 0093J1DK117642 088J1CJB21730 J33J825464 J36J287850M J3BH226201 J3BH315443 J3BH455910 J3MHA14702 J4KJ501147Z J4KJ501148Y PLS-30854A PLS-31084A PLS-31274A S02H S04H SHD-30280A SHD-30420A SHD-30560A SHD-3062A SHD-3121A SHD-3122A SHD-3171A SHD-3172A SHD-3211A SHD-3212A SP0812N SP1213N SP1366D SP1604N SP2001H SP4002H SP40A2H SP6003H SP8004H STG31271A |
STG31601A SV0211A SV0211H SV0221N SV0311H SV0322A SV0401H SV0411N SV0412H SV0432A SV0432D SV0432TGE SV0511D SV0602H SV0643A SV0643D SV0644A SV0644DLL SV0761D SV0802E SV0802H SV0802N SV0813H SV0842D SV0844A SV1021D SV1021H SV1022D SV1022D-20PK SV1203E SV1203N SV1204H SV1296A SV1296A-20PK SV1363D SV1364D SV1533D SV1604E SV1604N SV2001H SV2002H SV2042D |
SV2042H SV2043D SV2044D SV2044D-20PK SV2044SPK SV2046D SV3002H SV3063D SV3063H SV3064D SV4002H SV4003H SV4084D SV4084H SV6003H SV6004H SV8004H VG31702A VG32502A VG33402A VG34202A VG34323A VG34324A VG35102A VG36483A WA31273A WA32163A WA32543A WA33203A WN310820A WN312021A WN31273A WN316025A WN321620A WN32543A WNR31601A WNR32101A WNR32501A WU32163A WU32165A WU32543A WU33205A |
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MOBILE / LAPTOP / NOTEBOOK / 2.5″ DRIVE | |||
MP0302H MP0402H |
MP0603H | MP0804H | |
ATA 133 | |||
SP0401N SP0411N SP0802N |
SP0822N SP0842N SP1203N |
SP1614N SV1202N |
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EIDE | |||
DSSM120GB72 DSSM40GB72 DSSM60GB7 |
VG38404A WA31083A |
WA32162A WNR32100A |
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PATA | |||
HD300LD HD400LD HM040HC HM060HC HM080IC |
HM100JC HM120JC SP0612N SP0812N |
SP1213N SP1604N SP2014N SP2514N |
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SATA | |||
HD300LJ HD400LJ HM060HI HM080II |
HM120J HM100JII SP0411C SP0812C |
SP1213C SP1614C SP2004C SP2504C |
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SATA II | |||
HA200JC HA250JC HD040GJ |
HD080HJ HD120IJ HD160JJ |
HM040HI HM060II HM080JI |